BOOOM that’s going to take some clearing up

[jamieandthemagic]

Thought I’d pop a pick of a garage in Ipswich today.

[HazzaCrawf]

jamieandthemagic said:

Thought I’d pop a pick of a garage in Ipswich today.

Well....that oil doesn’t look new, so my first thought was that waste oil container in the corner but I think not, somehow. Nor could it be the car with that much oil.

Go on then, what happened?

[paintman]

I think that type of oil drainer is emptied using compressed air to pressurise the tank.
My guess is that they went to empty the tank & either blew a hose off, split a hose or forgot to open the appropriate valves & overpressurised it.

[CoolHands]

Why is that man still working at the front, with all that st in the ground?

[Pericoloso]

This ^^^^^^.

Or if the compressed air hose was put on before the drain hose.

I worked at a garage with the same system.

Got messy sometimes.

The OP's pic does have a VERY large oil slick in it though.

[AdamIndy]

Yep, been there, done that. Not nearly as much mess as that though I grant you, that's quite impressive!

They aren't simple to use if you don't know how to use them. As me and my friend found out.

[ClaphamGT3]

Bit of petrol and that'll hose down the drain no problem.....