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Title: Neat Oil Funnel Trick
Post by: bizzaro on October 25, 2017, 12:06:17 PM

Neat oil funnel trick when changing your oil.  Just discovered this the other day.  Tired of cleaning up your funnel to change oil. Your standard plastic soda bottle will actually screw into the oil filler hole. So the funnel stays put and you can focus on the pouring. Just cut it down to an appropriate size, clean up any residual soda etc. and screw it into your filler hole. Chuck it out when your finished with it. Easy peasy. :2thumbup:

Title: Re: Neat Oil Funnel Trick
Post by: Chaos on October 25, 2017, 12:35:52 PM

Genius!  Now I want to change my oil just to try it out.  Might have to cannibalize my stink bug catcher  :clap:

Title: Re: Neat Oil Funnel Trick
Post by: Filmcamera on October 25, 2017, 12:46:00 PM

Great tip - thanks!

Title: Re: Neat Oil Funnel Trick
Post by: drut on October 25, 2017, 01:02:28 PM

Thanks!

Title: Re: Neat Oil Funnel Trick
Post by: jaxon on October 25, 2017, 09:57:31 PM

Next topic...

"Which soda do you recommend, diet or regular?"


"Coke or Pepsi?"

Title: Re: Neat Oil Funnel Trick
Post by: Laitch on October 26, 2017, 06:43:18 AM

Quote from: bizzaro on October 25, 2017, 12:06:17 PM

Neat oil funnel trick when changing your oil.  Just discovered this the other day.  Tired of cleaning up your funnel to change oil. Your standard plastic soda bottle will actually screw into the oil filler hole. So the funnel stays put and you can focus on the pouring. Just cut it down to an appropriate size, clean up any residual soda etc. and screw it into your filler hole. Chuck it out when your finished with it. Easy peasy. :2thumbup:

Vermont residents take notice–this technique adds $0.05 to the cost of an oil change. :giggles

Title: Re: Neat Oil Funnel Trick
Post by: kris on October 26, 2017, 08:05:07 AM

God bless Vermont! Always ahead of the curve....

Title: Re: Neat Oil Funnel Trick
Post by: blackie1 on October 27, 2017, 05:18:56 AM

and the renaissance of american tech begins  :clap:

Title: Re: Neat Oil Funnel Trick
Post by: Billk on October 28, 2017, 08:45:16 PM

Nice tip. We need more nice tips like that


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Title: Re: Neat Oil Funnel Trick
Post by: BlueK11LT on November 06, 2017, 05:36:27 AM

Been using this method on many bikes over the last 30 years,but don't try to force the bottle into the filler hole because the threads are not an exact match

Title: Re: Neat Oil Funnel Trick
Post by: K1300S on November 06, 2017, 05:42:22 AM

Dang...didn't know a funnel was needed.  I just pour straight in from the bottle.  No funnel to make or clean.

Good cheap tip though!

Title: Re: Neat Oil Funnel Trick
Post by: bizzaro on November 06, 2017, 07:34:00 AM

Good point Mlytle, And true. I have poured straight from the bottle many times as well. And always just pour straight from the bottle in between oil changes to top her off.  It can be tedious and a little unnerving pouring 4 quarts into the "hole" like that. My last  oil change was from one of those 5 qt. jugs.  I guess the disposable funnel that screws in was born from using the 5 quart jug. The screw in funnel made it much easier for me.  YMMV   :dunno2:


BlueK11LT.   I have often used the cut off top from plastic bottles as a disposable funnel, but just recently discovered that they  actually will screw into the filler hole of a K bike  firm enough to hold it in place while you focus on pouring oil.