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Subject:Re: For the Vanagon Newbies - Oil Filler Neck Secret
From:Jake de Villiers
Date:Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:56:20 -0800

That's a good idea Chris, even for the chrome bumpers.  Its a pain to bunt
the cap over to the wide spot where it will fall through!  :-)

On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 5:38 PM, <JordanVw@aol.com> wrote:

> In a message dated 1/15/09 6:13:09 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> doug.alcock@GMAIL.COM writes:
>
>
> > Adding oil to the engine is an aggravating challenge - trying to pour
> > > oil into the filler neck at a near horizontal angle. You are guaranteed
> > > to spill some oil and make a mess unless you use a funnel. Then
> > > afterwards there is always the question of what to do with the funnel
> > > which is now coated with residual oil.
> > >
> > > The secret - the oil filler neck has an extension telescoped down
> inside
> > > the filler tube. Just grasp the edge of the filler tube between finger
> > > and thumb and pull and it slides right out, The rest is self evident.
> > > Pretty slick.
> >
>
> just be careful when you use the oil fill cap to prop open the lisc plate
> flap... once i dropped it behind the fiberglass bumper...took me 15 minutes
> to
> get it out LOL
>
> im thinking of JB welding a little chain to the cap so it wont happen
> again.....haha
>
> chris
>
>
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