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Way Better Than a Turkey Baster
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 4:11 am
by Old Crow
The Flotool Measu-Funnel is great - made for petro-chemicals and cheap at AdvanceAuto Parts (<$5). The funnel end fits perfectly in the oil fill hole, tube is very flexible, and as the name implies you can measure in this before letting the fluid (oil) flow to its destination. If you make a mess with this, well...
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Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 11:31 pm
by ericalm
The turkey baster is for getting gear oil out! But I've graduated to a syringe.
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 11:53 pm
by spr0k3t
Yup... the syringe is awesome. If you can find a "flavor injector", that's your best bet. Most of them already have the liquid amounts on them for easier measurements.
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 11:59 pm
by ericalm
spr0k3t wrote:Yup... the syringe is awesome. If you can find a "flavor injector", that's your best bet. Most of them already have the liquid amounts on them for easier measurements.
That's what I have but it's falling apart and needs replacement. I have rubber tubing attached to the end.
Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2012 12:28 am
by Old Crow
I just open the plug, let it drain, give the old oil a quick inspection and then measure and add 90cc.
Are you trying to get the last 20cc out or measure how much you extract?
I have used a turkey baster to extract power steering fluid (for a psuedo flush) and eventually the petrochemicals destroy the baster. The chemicals have also destroyed every syringe I used. Their rubber parts just don't like car fluids.
Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2012 7:40 pm
by ericalm
It's very easy to overfill gear oil and even an extra 20cc can be a PITA. So I extract, measure and replace what I removed. The injector/syringe is actually a bit more useful on my Vespa, where I'd gave to remove the rear wheel to get to the drain plug. But I've gotten used to doing it that way so when I did it on a Buddy, that was how.