What do people recommend to remove engine oil that has been sprayed around engine bay????

Im hoping there is something i can spray on (from squeezy bottle), leave for a while and hose off. ie minimum effort, maximum efficiency and low cost

Ive heard mixed report about Gunk. Tried Jizer in the past but not sure where to get it from now. I suppose household stuff is too mild.

Thanks in advance,
Darren.

for freshlky squeezed engine oil I have use paraffin, white spirit or petrol - the last one is not clever inside an engine bay but ok on small parts done in open space.

The residue, should there be any, can be washer with water and washing up liquid but you shouldn;t need to do that.

The above will shift caked on engine oil with grit but required scrubbing. Also over cleaner is handy to shift burnt oil (carbon) as used inside my sump and pistons.

As far as I could tell, gunk seemed to be no better than the above.

I use engine degreaser from my local motor factors, it's a thin blue liquid that I stick in a spray bottle. Spray on, leave for 10 mins then pressure-wash off.
Does a good job and smells nice

Though by using a degreasant you would of course be losing the main advantage of having a Xflow powered car and that's that the oil being liberally flung all over the engine bay means nothing's ever going to rust
I love Xflows, something about them is so appealing... but they can sure fling oil around (or just drink it!!)...

Brake cleaner is an excellent degreaser, use in a garden pump up spray bottle . Also good for starting engines

I ended up buying some Gunk last night. It said new and improved on the tin. Tipped it into spray bottle, liberally sprayed all over, left it for an hour (10 - 20 mins would have done) and hosed it off. Worked a treat. Does exactly what it says on the tin.

Cant say i like the smell of it but far far better than oil drips all over. The oil has got into the return edges of the side panels and is being quite inventive where it decides to show itself. I still need to Jack car up and spray the back half next.

Have found jizer pretty shite. (the old stuff)

use "diy jizer", paraffin plus fairy liquid. Thats basically what jizer is.

on a similar vein - what do people use to remove oil from the drive???
I had a seal failed on the gearbox (of the tintop) so lost about a litre all over the floor and its left a big stain!!!

Cheers
Paul

[Edited on 6/4/07 by Paul TigerB6]

depends on what the drive is made of but usually it woill be porous - imagine a big sponge that you cannot squeeze.

there are special cement/cpncrete cleaneers, not used them myself but had a tiny bit of sudcess again with paraffin and scrubbing; you either park on top to hide it or hope that in time it fades away...