

| Subject: | Re: For the Vanagon Newbies - Oil Filler Neck Secret |
| From: | Doug Alcock |
| Date: | Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:49:03 -0500 |
BTDT too........ Cheers, Doug On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 8:38 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 > > > ************** > A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! ( > http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1215855013x1201028747/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072%26hmpgID=62%26bcd=DecemailfooterNO62) > -- http://www.dougalcock.com
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