Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 20:40:12 -0600
Reply-To: craig cowan <phishman068@GMAIL.COM>
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From: craig cowan <phishman068@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Friday Question
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Preventing Oil stains is basically just about beating the oil to the
ground. First off, DON'T SPILL OIL! That will prevent them all. If you plan
to be working with fluids (taking the engine out, putting the engine in,
certain stages of prep) Put a few layers of cardboard down and replace them
immediately when saturated. Then, have on hand the biggest bag of oil
absorber that your FLAPS sells (it's cheap, mostly clay/kitty litter). When
you see a spill, throw a handful or 7 of that at it. Again, immediate clean
up.
When it's all said and done, you'll have a clean floor and a clean engine :
)
Be careful not to under estimate the leaks of power steering fluid! That's
going to stain, and that stuff gets everywhere when you open up the system
(to merge the VW lines to your Subaru lines). Coolant isn't a big deal and
hopefully you don't loose all your engine oil in removing the engine, so it
should be a fine and dandy process with enough Cardboard and Kitty litter.
-Craig
'85GL turned WESTY
BOSTIG in the back.
On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 4:39 PM, Mike <mbucchino@charter.net> wrote:
> Buy or make a large, low sheetmetal "pan" and/or a large oil drip mat (it
> has plastic backing and an absorbant carpet-like thin material for drips.
> Those interlocking padded mats won't work well with a wheeled floorjack,
> nor will they hold oil from reaching the floor. It's likely to travel thru
> the cracks.
>
> Mike B.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Andrew Philbrick
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 3:33 PM
> Subject: Friday Question
>
>
> Happy Friday all.
>
> Just a quick question I have been pondering these last two weeks. I
> just moved into a new place I'm renting that has a nice driveway and two
> car garage. One of the rules of the landlords is that they do not want
> any oil stains on the garage floor so they say "no motor work." I am
> planning on putting the EJ22 motor into my '86 Westy this winter and
> would still like to have the ability to work on our four other VWs.
>
> So my question for you - Does anyone have experience with a good method
> of keeping the oil/fluids off of the floor? I was looking at the foam
> interlocking pads today but I doubt using a jack on those pads would be
> a good idea.
>
> Thanks and feel free to pmail me,
> Andrew
>
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