Is it possible to get rid of the smell of gearbox oil?

[SambaS]

OMG I wish we'd been more careful fitting some bottom arms. Can you get rid of the smell from clothes? They've already been through the wash once

[jbi]

LOL... you gotta live with it now.

It's all your going to smell for days

[mmm-five]

You mean you wear your clothes more than once before discarding them

[SambaS]

SambaS said:

OMG I wish we'd been more careful fitting some bottom arms. Can you get rid of the smell from clothes? They've already been through the wash once

Last week we fixed the damn car, had it for days then, stuck in the back of my throat. Washed the clothes put them away forgot about it, now it's comeback to haunt me. ITS HORRENDOUS!

Do I have to throw them away? Already been on boil wash

[SambaS]

May have to throw the garage away as well, and the RS1600i interior BORK

[StottyZr]

The first time I dropped gearbox oil was on a Saxo VTR. Ill never forget it. The car was just high enough for me to get underneath... You can guess what happened next (nearly )

[minky monkey]

mmm-five said:

You mean you wear your clothes more than once before discarding them

You mean you wear clothes when removing them?

[davepoth]

I use gearbox oil as aftershave.

HTH.

[Classic Grad 98]

Spilled gearbox oil on my boot carpet, then 'gunk' engine degreasant shortly afterwards. In my experience, no your stuck with it!

[Jw Vw]

davepoth said:

I use gearbox oil as aftershave.

HTH.

[chard]

Best to do these jobs naked.

[jjones]

StottyZr said:

The first time I dropped gearbox oil was on a Saxo VTR. Ill never forget it. The car was just high enough for me to get underneath... You can guess what happened next (nearly )

friend made this mistake also, he got a face/hair full of the stuff not sure what car it was though

[GuinnessMK]

I once sold a Ford Type 9 gearbox to a guy off ebay. As he was only a couple of miles from me I offered to deliver it, on the back seat of my wife's car.

The inevitable oil spill and subsequent smell cost me a new car...

[NHK244V]

the only way to get rid of the EP oil smell is to get a car to piss on the item, the only thing stronger than the cat pee smell of EP is real cat pee

try getting it in your hair when it's nearly 2 foot long, washing up liquid helps

[Maximum Bobs]

If you don't already, start smoking & the smell wont notice as much.

[redgriff500]

No.

All these Washing powder ads are complete bks.

[Snowboy]

Has anyone tried charcoal?
(or burnt toast)

It's great for soaking up both the liquid itself and absorbing smell.
Something to do with the carbon moloculed bonding easily with other molecules.

I've used it on a few smelly things – charcoal or burnt toast crumbled into the spill.
Leave for a day, hoover up.
It's often worked first time, but sometimes needs a second attempt.

It can leave a slight burnt toast smell, but the soon fades.

[moreflaps]

davepoth said:

I use gearbox oil as aftershave.

HTH.

Are you the Stig?

LOL

[Monkeylegend]

NHK244V said:

the only way to get rid of the EP oil smell is to get a car to piss on the item,

You must have a well trained car.