Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:55:58 -0700
Reply-To: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Strategy for low-mess oil drain.
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Nice one Scott! ;)
On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 7:32 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <
scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
> too big to fit ?
> we're talking on the end of a say ...5 foot small hose.
> there is no 'fit' issue.
>
> outboard boat engine fuel hoses have a squeeze bulb with one way valve ..
> that also would be useful to start a siphon.
>
> here's what I have ..
> a handy little two wheel dolly from HF ..
> there's a medium size old 12 volt car battery on it ..
> there's an old vanagon fuel pump on it.
> You stick the small hose into what you want to suck out.
> you clip the big clip onto the battery terminal.
> she's a suckin' !
> very hand to roll up to anything you want to suck fluid out of.
> auto trans..
> engine dipstick tube..
> power steering , etc.
> the effluent goes into a large bottle right on the rig ..
> when it's full, I empty it into the waste oil.
> Cost zip to make, other than the cart/dolly it's on.
>
> Scott
> www.turbovans.com
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Felder" <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2011 6:32 PM
> Subject: Re: Strategy for low-mess oil drain.
>
>
> It's too big to fit into any available access to the sump, but my
>> brother/listmember Alan gave me a siphon with a valve in the end that
>> allow
>> you to jiggle the hose to pump liquid over the hump in the siphon. Works
>> like a charm.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 2:25 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <
>> scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
>>
>> I just use one of those crankhandle type syphon starter thingey's.
>>> works great.
>>> no mouth action needed.
>>> btdt.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Karl Wolz" <wolzphoto@Q.COM>
>>> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>>> Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2011 11:01 AM
>>> Subject: Re: Strategy for low-mess oil drain.
>>>
>>>
>>> Get a piece of tubing about five feet long. Suck by mouth (slowly) till
>>>
>>>> the
>>>> oil well out of the engine, but not yet close to your mouth, crimp the
>>>> tubing ss it doesn't run back into the engine, lower the mouth end till
>>>> below the engine, and release the crimp so the oil will drain into a
>>>> convenient container.
>>>>
>>>> Velocity is not needed, but having the open end below the oil level will
>>>> start the siphon.
>>>>
>>>> Karl Wolz
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> |-----Original Message-----
>>>> |From: Vanagon Mailing List
>>>> [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.**com<vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
>>>> ]
>>>> |On Behalf Of Dave Mcneely
>>>> |Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2011 7:24 AM
>>>> |To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>>>> |Subject: Re: Strategy for low-mess oil drain.
>>>> |
>>>> |---- Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>>>> |> Siphons are one of my favorite ways to move fluids because I
>>>> |like any
>>>> |> method that requires no fancy gear and no power. Has anyone tried
>>>> |> siphoning engine oil outta that dipstick hole?
>>>> |
>>>> |"No fancy gear"? I'd definitely use some sort of pump,
>>>> |something like a pipette pump writ large, or one of those
>>>> |pumps aquarists use to clean fish tanks (can get rubber bulb
>>>> |versions). Ah, in the volumes we are talking about --- Tada!
>>>> |Turkey baster. The times I've tried to initiate a siphon by
>>>> |mouth, I've often ended up with a mouth full of whatever.
>>>> |Aquarium water, not so bad. Oil, that would be real bad.
>>>> |
>>>> |mcneely
>>>> |>
>>>> |> -- RJS
>>>> |>
>>>> |> On Wed, 2011-07-20 at 21:09 -0700, Karl Wolz wrote:
>>>> |>
>>>> |> > Can you go to Home Depot and get a length of 1/8" (or
>>>> |whatever fits)
>>>> |> > tubing, shove it down the dipstick hole, and siphon out a
>>>> |pint or so?
>>>> |> >
>>>> |> > Karl Wolz
>>>> |> >
>>>> |> >
>>>> |> >
>>>> |> > |-----Original Message-----
>>>> |> > |From: Vanagon Mailing List
>>>> [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.**com<vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
>>>> ]
>>>> |> > |On Behalf Of Rocket J Squirrel
>>>> |> > |Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 8:31 PM
>>>> |> > |To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>>>> |> > |Subject: Strategy for low-mess oil drain.
>>>> |> > |
>>>> |> > |(Number 287 In A Continuing Series Of Knucklehead Questions)
>>>> |> > |
>>>> |> > |I used to change the oil in my aircooled every 1,500 miles. I got
>>>> |> > |so I didn't make much of a mess. Unscrewed the drain plug, let it
>>>> |> > |drop onto the screen on the used oil catcher, and sat back until
>>>> |> > |the drool of oil tapered off to drips.
>>>> |> > |
>>>> |> > |So after hearing that my oil is likely to run cooler if the oil
>>>> |> > |level is between the halfway mark and the "fill" mark on the
>>>> |> > |dipstick (mine's halfway between the halfway mark and the "full"
>>>> |> > |mark) I'd like to drain a bit of the oil.
>>>> |> > |
>>>> |> > |But my former strategy won't work here: I have to cram that plug
>>>> |> > |back in after dropping only a pint or so.
>>>> |> > |
>>>> |> > |Do I have to bite the bullet and just reach into the stream and
>>>> |> > |hope to get the plug started before too darn much oil has sluiced
>>>> |> > |down my sleeve, or is there a smarter way?
>>>> |> > |
>>>> |> > |Wait, wait -- I can just drain all the oil and then
>>>> |re-fill the thing.
>>>> |> > |Duh.
>>>> |> > |
>>>> |> > |
>>>> |> > |--
>>>> |> > |Rocky J Squirrel (Jack Elliott)
>>>> |> > |'84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
>>>> |> > |'74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano,
>>>> |> > |Calif.) Bend, OR KG6RCR
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>>>> |
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>>>> |David McNeely
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>>>
--
Jake
1984 Vanagon GL 1.9 WBX - 'The Grey Van'
1986 Westy Weekender/2.5 SOHC Subie - 'Dixie'
Crescent Beach, BC
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