Oil change funnel

A perfect oil fill funnel doesn’t have to be expensive.
This one fit and worked perfectly. And it was in my recycle bin.
YMMV

 

Nice

 

Hopefully you washed it out very thoroughly! Considering it was coffee, your motor may have some extra pep! Good idea!

 

never seen a bottle used as a funnel before. nice tech tip

 

I never owned a store bought funnel when you can easily make one from all the different size plastic trash thrown away. Its called repurposing.

 

I foresee this topic blowing up in several ways:

A. Anti-Starbucks members
B. OCI discussion.
C. How bad it is for your engine despite OP cleaning bottle out ahead of time.
D. All of the above?

 

Unless it is something that may be used on a daily basis and want to know it just won't split and cause a big mess.

 

I've got some various size plastic funnels made out of everything from an S100 cleaner bottle to an old dry gas bottle. Oil doesn't care what it flows through, longest its clean.

 

I cut the bottom off large soda bottles for funnels. Works especially well for windshield washer fluid which can splash all over. Re-use over and over.

 

Can't wait!

And to add fuel to the fire this was a 5k change at 10k.
Previous changes were at 2k & 5k.

I cleaned it out real good!

The coffee & oil ended up in the right place.

This wasn't to tell people you can repurpose trash as a tool. We should all know that by now.
This particular bottle fit the threads and solved the issue of the not straight oil fill.

The bottle screwed in and stayed in place w/o an issue.

 

I’ve done this many times over the years for various household projects, and haven’t had one fail. Works great for washer fluid, recycling oil when emptying large base pan, etc.

 

Common Sense rediscovered. Amazing!
(Something us rural folks have known for generations)

 

Was once in a bind, I used a few sheets of printer paper as a makeshift funnel.

 

Nothing new. BMW's oil top-up kit includes a few cardboard funnels.

(BMWs burn enough oil that they sell a genuine accessory kit with pouch for a quart bottle, gloves, and the disposable funnels to keep in the trunk.)

 

Yep. Same thing here. Mine just happens to be a toyota bottle. Bout the best damn funnel you can get. Screws right in doesn’t fall out.

 

OP, you are right that it doesn’t have to be expensive- so why did you buy a tenbucks drink to use as a filter?

 

Hehehehe. Just spit my beer out.