TWIMC;
A nifty trick I use is to cut the bottom off, at an angle, on  an old
empty plastic oil container to make a funnel. The neck on a Castrol
bottle fits snuggly in the tube and if I get the angle cut correctly the
opening on the funnel will be parallel to the ground.
Good Luck
Ken Lewis
kdlewis@juno.com
86 VW crewcab
85 VW Vanagon GL
60 356 coupe

On Sat, 2 Nov 1996 09:29:42 -0600 Herb Harmison <herbh@iastate.edu>
writes:
>I have also found that a loop of rubber around the oil bottle and
attached
>to the rear hatch latch holds the bottle so almost all the oil flows out
>while I mess around on other jobs. I haven't spilled any oil on the
>flap...just pure talent.