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You may have seen in my 923 truck post that we loaded a 55 gallon drum of WVO in the back the other day. I am taking it to Bjorn at Aberdeen. It is in a plastic drum with a latching lid. My brother and I sat it on a pallet and strapped it down with 4 ratchet straps. It has been riding just fine and hasn't moved around at all during my test drives.
Last night I went out for a test drive around 22:15. I have been trying to log as many miles as possible before the convoy to shake out any bugs. The truck was running great last night. 60 mph was no problem on the 4-lane. I cruised around for about 30-40 minutes and then returned home. When I was turning around in the driveway so I could back the truck onto the parking pad, I noticed some very shiny puddles in the gravel as well as a shiny trail leading into the driveway. My first thought was that the oil pan plug fell out and that the engine was getting ready to seize up. It still had great oil pressure so I parked it quickly to investigate.
A quick tour of the back of the truck with a flashlight revealed that the drum had popped its straps, slipped off the pallet, banged against the bedside, popped the lid off and began to spew fish-stick smelling WVO all over the bed and its contents!
Holy heck what a stinkin mess. I had to drive about 2-3 miles back through town in my ford to find the lid off the barrel. I spent the next hour trying to wash the crap out of the back with a mix of car wash soap and dish detergent. That really didn't do much, but I had to try because the dog came in the house with WVO all over her head. Arggghh!
So, what would be a good detergent or other solution to get this crap off of my truck?! Simple green? Purple Power? Gunk engine cleaner?
I have to do something because I need to paint the tailgate and I think I saw some vultures circling the house this morning![Rolling Eyes :roll: :roll:](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/images/smilies/icon_rolleyes.gif)
Last night I went out for a test drive around 22:15. I have been trying to log as many miles as possible before the convoy to shake out any bugs. The truck was running great last night. 60 mph was no problem on the 4-lane. I cruised around for about 30-40 minutes and then returned home. When I was turning around in the driveway so I could back the truck onto the parking pad, I noticed some very shiny puddles in the gravel as well as a shiny trail leading into the driveway. My first thought was that the oil pan plug fell out and that the engine was getting ready to seize up. It still had great oil pressure so I parked it quickly to investigate.
A quick tour of the back of the truck with a flashlight revealed that the drum had popped its straps, slipped off the pallet, banged against the bedside, popped the lid off and began to spew fish-stick smelling WVO all over the bed and its contents!
![Evil or Very Mad :evil: :evil:](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/images/smilies/icon_evil.gif)
So, what would be a good detergent or other solution to get this crap off of my truck?! Simple green? Purple Power? Gunk engine cleaner?
I have to do something because I need to paint the tailgate and I think I saw some vultures circling the house this morning
![Rolling Eyes :roll: :roll:](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/images/smilies/icon_rolleyes.gif)