John Rodgers wrote: > Has anyone noticed the change in the size of the neck on oil bottles. > Over a period of seversl months I realized that the various oil > companies - virtually all of them - have gone to a bigger neck on those > plastic oil bottles. And they no longer go into the filler tube on the > Vanagon. Really ticks me off!! How dare they!! Now i have to pour my oil > first from the bottle into to an old bottle with the small neck, then > into the oil spout. One more aggravations to have to deal with. > > Regards, > > John Rodgers > 88 GL Driver > > I carry a plastic "Pastry Icing" bucket - same dia. but half as tall - as a wallboard mud bucket - in the back of my van. I keep all my spare fluids in this. The bucket prevents fluids from getting onto the upholstery. Among other things in the bucket, I have ATF for the power steering, 20 oz coke bottle filled with coolant, and two oil bottles. One old one with the narrow neck, and one of the new ones unopened. I fill the small neck bottle, put the cap on and store it in the bucket. The second bottle is a new bottle of oil, unopened, thus two quarts of oil in the bucket. I do this because I find it cleaner and more manageable to pour the oil from the small neck bottle, than working with funnels, or special pouring spouts, etc. ALL of those things result in oil draining and dripping, and somehow it always ends up in the upholstery. Works for me. John Rodgers] 88 GL Driver |
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