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

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|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.
|
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