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changing oil

Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 12:47 pm
by kion
How does every1 change there oil, i cant fit anything small enough under the sump to collect the oil. :smt017

Re: changing oil

Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 1:43 pm
by zimm
i get my army of highly trained ninja squirrels to dig a shallow pit under the bike..

or i use a washing up bowl when the mrs is out :)

Re: changing oil

Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 1:55 pm
by masterofinsanity
zimm wrote:i use a washing up bowl when the mrs is out :)
exactly, and the missus still aint worked out where they keep disappearing to. :smt005

Re: changing oil

Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 10:00 am
by rene
i feel like a rite fancy bugger as i've got a £2 oil pan :D

use old bottels of screen wash to poor it into

Re: changing oil

Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 2:49 pm
by kion
will have to buy a deep pan.

Re: changing oil

Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 2:58 pm
by masterofinsanity
kion wrote:will have to buy a deep pan.
what?? pizza?

Re: changing oil

Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 3:20 pm
by kion
lol .a deep frying pan and the will have to somehow transfere the oil to a milk container.

Re: changing oil

Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 3:39 pm
by masterofinsanity
you should be able to get a proper oil changing pan from car accessory places like halfords that comes with a spout so you can pour it straight into a empty can.

or use a cat litter tray.

Re: changing oil

Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 11:43 am
by deviant
I usually use an old roasting tin that I liberated from an old student house I lived in - it was rusty, the non-stick was flaking off and people were still eating out of it, I think I did them a service. Plenty of capacity for a bike oil change.

Cut off the top half of any plastic bottle and you have a nice funnel.

And I tend to keep my old oil (imaginatively enough) in old oil bottles until I build up enough to justify a trip to the tip to pour them away.

Re: changing oil

Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 12:32 pm
by RedexRobB
Ive used old oil to lube my cables :smt001