Dealing with oil on tyres.

[Ribenapigeon]

Last week when accelerating hard after a roundabout my rear wheel lost traction. Fifty yards of anus cramping wriggling and sliding about ensued. I thought at first it was just too much throttle and damp tarmac but then at the next two roundabouts the bike felt unstable like the rear wheel was sliding. I stopped and checked suspecting a puncture and low tyre pressure but the tyre was fine. It was wet though and hard to tell if anything greasy or oily was on the tyres. Wheels solid no odd feel to suspension, swing arm true and no play when I took hold of the wheels and tugged to check play in the axles, chain not slack either. So I carefully went to a petrol station and jet washed and scrubbed the tyres with the deturgant the jet wash uses. The bike felt better after that but not great.
The next day im in the same area and notice massive trails of oil on the roads. I follow the trail and it leads to the house of a guy who has this old banger Ford XR3. Oil trail stops inna big puddle of the stuff then back out of his drive and off polluting even more of the area.

Question is, if you get oil on a tyre how difficult is it to properly clean it off? Are there any ways to get the tyre into good condition? It might not be oil though maybe something else is s wrong with the bike but as I said, everything seems mechanicly sound and the oily mess left by XR3 twonk makes me pretty confident ive got oily rubber.

Cheers

[kramdra]

Stop using cheap tires. Pilot road 4's are quite happy with a bit of oil.

[andym]

A few years ago I hadn't tightened the sump plug properly (after a hasty engine rebuild), and dumped most of the oil over the road and rear tyre... when I got it home I just washed it with washing up liquid and water and didn't worry about it after that

[Islander]

Wash off with detergent and water. If you're really paranoid, some brake cleaner on a rag will remove all traces.

[Tankie]

You could at a push use good old hand cleaner to degrease , and wash off with water
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[andym]

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[Baffler186]

I've used brake cleaner before, does the job, but I've heard others say don't use it because it will corrode the rubber. If you're unsure, just use soapy water. But I'm fine with brake cleaner as long as you wipe it all off properly.
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[raesewell]

Give the tyre a good wipe with white spirit and wash off immediately with hot soapy water and then with plain water.
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[Ste]

Doing a massive burnout will get rid of the oil from your back tyre.

[ADSrox0r]

VFR shat an oil cooler line last week on me, ended up spraying oil on the front wheel which was hairy as fuck.

Anyhoo, I've found Muc-Off sprayed liberally and scrubbed over the tyre does a perfectly good job of degreasing.
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[Islander]

[Chuffin Nora]

[Fizzer Thou]

Years ago we were on our way home from the Assen World Superbikes when one of our crew pulled over to the hard shoulder.A bottle of spare engine oil in the tail unit had leaked and gone all over his back tyre.We had only been there a short time when Dutch plod pulled in behind us.Once they had ascertained that it was no big problem they produced a bag of cement dust and after wiping off the excess oil with some tissue the tyre was liberally dusted.This quickly soaked into the remains of the oil between the tread pattern and we were on our way
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[ADSrox0r]

Must be true, all bikers in China carry a bag of cement....just in case.

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[MarJay]

[andym]

[Tankie]

IF an M O T tester fails a machine, it's fair to say he should show you the fault
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[Ribenapigeon]

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[Ribenapigeon]

Thanks folks. Im going to try mucoff first then try the brake cleaner option if the tyre still feels off.