Modern engine filler caps are silly

[DIYspanner]

Just an opinion but it seems daft that engine designers make cam covers so low that a funnel won't sit down and you have to hold the funnel so it doesn't fall out when you pour oil into it.

I did an oil change today. I put Mannol in but I don't like the silly OEM tin cans. Their damn difficult to hold one handed whilst keeping the funnel in place so I'll stick with plastic tubs in future.

 

[Burnerman]

I know exactly what you mean.....the transition from pushrod to OHC / DOHC engines means a much thicker and deeper cylinder head is necessary and its often in three castings.
I don't use a funnel - relying on the 'glug' technique straight from the bottle which is fine 99% of the time
John

 

[Mottie]

I rarely use a funnel. You need a steady hand though and to hold the bottle sideways on so that the pourer is on either side and not on the bottom. Less chance of a glug then.

 

[cdbe]

I raid the recycling bin for a plastic bottle and cut the bottom off to make a disposable funnel - last one was a Tropicana orange juice - a perfect fit, practically screwed into the filler hole leaving me two hands free to pour the oil in. I'm envious of anyone who can glug it in!

 

[DIYspanner]

I raid the recycling bin for a plastic bottle and cut the bottom off to make a disposable funnel.

Indeed. I visited an uncle today to oil change his Fiesta TDCI and forgot to take a funnel. I pulled a 2L lemonade bottle out of the blue bin, rinsed it, cut it in half, wiped it dry of water and used that. The oil poured in a treat.

The hardest part of the job was the oil filter. Its in a damn fiddly place on the UGJC engine. I pushed the filter into the housing then screwed the cap on. I removed parts of the air filter for easier access.

 

[JohnD]

I always have great trouble finding the correct "710" grade for my car, so I let the garage do it.

 

[EddieM]

I always have great trouble finding the correct "710" grade for my car, so I let the garage do it.

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But you're a dab hand at recycling

 

[Keithmac]

I always have great trouble finding the correct "710" grade for my car, so I let the garage do it.

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Might smoke a bit afterwards..

 

[Burnerman]

In the absence of Castrol R, thats the nearest we can get to perfume
John
P.S. These ads for Diesel fragrances really cut me up.....I’ve stunk of diesel for years and still get nowt
J.