Date:         Thu, 21 Jul 2011 12:25:42 -0700
Reply-To:     Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From:         Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject:      Re: Strategy for low-mess oil drain.
Comments: To: Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@Q.COM>
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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]
> |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]
> |> > |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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> |David McNeely
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