Its official - I'm a complete idiot. How do I get oil off tyres?

[Ben Lessani]

My car was due for an oil change, so went out on a car parts buying day and got...

10l Quantum Synta (£20.40 + VAT)
Genuine VW Oil filter
New "Flying Saucer" Rubber seal
All missing sunroof parts
3x Winter kits (Antifreeze, Scraper and Screenwash)
Oil drain tray
Coolant
Wynn's Oil Flush

So I drop a can of oil flush in, drive about 10 miles home and then lay some cardboard on the driveway, stick the drain tray under and drain out all the oil without spilling a drip! So then, with my 5l of liquid gold, go to refill the engine - and all 5l go in before I clue on I hadn't refitted the sump bolt!

5 bloody litres of brand new oil just wasted all over my clean driveway! Annoyed isn't the half of it, can't believe I made such a stupid mistake. Trouble is, it got all over the rear tyre and I'm not sure how to wash it off properly - I take it a decent anti-grease detergent should work?

So now, my driveway is littered with the only thing I had to soak up the excess - 10kg's of cat litter!

[herbster]

washing up liquid works a treat, put it on neat us a dish brush to foam it up then hose it down, fairy liquid helps the oil emulsify so it washes away. 

[vw-bob]

HAHAHA sorry mate but laughed so hard!!! i would have thought a de-greasing product shud do the trick

[DarnPB]

HAHAHA sorry mate but laughed so hard!!! i would have thought a de-greasing product shud do the trick

That is what washing up liquid is!!! How do you think grease and oil comes off the chip pan??