Adding oil to a T1 baywindow without spilling everywhere

[busdaddy]

[jakokombi]

On a stock 1600 DP I keep a FLAPS oil spout in the bus. This is the current favorite...
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It fits 1 quart and gallon jugs and makes it possible to add oil without
removing the air cleaner, but at least they're flimsy and made from recycled milk jugs. I'll by 2 next time I see them.
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[busdaddy]

[chabanais]

Interesting... looks like overkill:

I like the looks of this one:

http://www.socalautoparts.com/product_info.php/emp...nt-p-14502
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[rugblaster]

This is the ultimate....very versatile.......built by Mityvac.... it will suck oil out or flip a valve and fill the cylinder with up to 8 liters and transfer. I bought it to pull oil out of Mercedes Benz cars because of all the bullshit underneath you have to pull off. This is what they use in dealerships....works like a bike pump, so its portable.....I haven't used it to put oil in yet, just to suck it out.......so much easier. It was less than 100 bucks at Tooltopia.

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[busdaddy]

Great for sucking, but I'm not sure I wouldn't be too lazy to clean it out in order to put fresh oil in for refills. I'd need two.

Here's another interesting tool: http://www.princessauto.com/en/detail/7-1-2-litre-manual-oil-dispenser/A-p8505661e

But the ultimate is a Graco air operated bulk drum pump with a digital meter in the nozzle and a long hose, I had a tenant bail on me and leave one, squeeze the trigger and it's done in way under a minute, the only drawback is you need one for each grade of oil you use. Likely not worth the investment for home use unless you are a tool whore.
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[rugblaster]

That Mityvac is fantastic. I've used it on all the cars and trucks we have, riding and push mowers, a cattle sprayer, a Ford tractor.....it's great. No more crawling around under the vehicles.

These newer cars have "life time" fluid fills in the auto transmissions. My Mercedes Benz cars have no dip stick or dip stick tube for that matter and they have a crazy fill through the drain plug way of changing trans fluid if a customer wants to have it changed. The first time I changed the fluid, I measured how much I dumped out, then used a cheap bottle pump to pump the new trans fluid. Next oil change, it's the Mityvac's turn.
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'69 Karmy, '69 Camper, Meyers clone, '65 drag bug, 10.78 @ 128 (sold it) '51 Dodge farm truck,
'09 MB E350 '18 MB E400, '65 Plymouth Valiant convertible and a '19 Ford F250 King Ranch (nicer, but dirty, farm truck)

VWoA factory trained line tech 75 till 90 or so
ASE Master Certification
VWoA Assoc. of Quality Technicians inductee (One of 25 in the five state southwest region)
La Confrerie des Chevaliers du Tastevin (San Angelo Chapter)
TCU ......GO FROGS!!!!!!

[SGKent]

3 pages of how to add oil to a bus. How did VW ever sell so many buses? AND how it is so many are still on the road? Worse - We had to pour from cans with spouts back then. How did we ever do that?

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[rugblaster]

Back "in the day" we didn't use cans. We had a compressed air dispensing system that used bulk oil. Cans never did work worth a shit.
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'69 Karmy, '69 Camper, Meyers clone, '65 drag bug, 10.78 @ 128 (sold it) '51 Dodge farm truck,
'09 MB E350 '18 MB E400, '65 Plymouth Valiant convertible and a '19 Ford F250 King Ranch (nicer, but dirty, farm truck)

VWoA factory trained line tech 75 till 90 or so
ASE Master Certification
VWoA Assoc. of Quality Technicians inductee (One of 25 in the five state southwest region)
La Confrerie des Chevaliers du Tastevin (San Angelo Chapter)
TCU ......GO FROGS!!!!!!

[scrivyscriv]

Steve, I have to pick at you a little bit - your topic on transmission coatings got a lot more attention than I was expecting too

Anyone can add oil to a car... I just don't like spilling it all over something I spent a lot of time and money rebuilding, and getting that greasy dirt film all over.
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[rugblaster]

Old farts rule.
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'69 Karmy, '69 Camper, Meyers clone, '65 drag bug, 10.78 @ 128 (sold it) '51 Dodge farm truck,
'09 MB E350 '18 MB E400, '65 Plymouth Valiant convertible and a '19 Ford F250 King Ranch (nicer, but dirty, farm truck)

VWoA factory trained line tech 75 till 90 or so
ASE Master Certification
VWoA Assoc. of Quality Technicians inductee (One of 25 in the five state southwest region)
La Confrerie des Chevaliers du Tastevin (San Angelo Chapter)
TCU ......GO FROGS!!!!!!

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[wcfvw69]

Wow.. I haven't seen one of those babies in quite a long time. I bet folks under 35 are looking at that going WTH is that?

While I feel old knowing what it is, I can say I only used it as a KID helping my Dad change the oil in our cars. He allowed me to insert it in the oil cans for him. By the time I was a car owner, those were long gone..
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[busdaddy]

Canned oil was mostly in the paper sided cans with metal tops and bottoms by the time I had my own car, and plastic bottles were just starting to show up.
I found that spout in a parts bus under the back seat and had a few cans of Esso aviation oil so I figured I'd give it a try. I saved the cans and sometimes pour new oil in them to use the spout since it works so well.
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[richparker]

In the picture posted above, the air filter is removed. There's no issue with plastic bottles when the filter is removed.
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