Recommend an oil-drain tray

one of these:

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superb. no flex when full, pours away easily. best i've ever used :)

about £10/15 from snap~on man a few years back. not actually made by snap~on, so may well be available somewhere else & very probably cheaper.

i have one also.great bit of kit.100%:thumb
 
I know that you're having a larf, but it's not the volume, it's the fact it spills over the sides that causes the problems.

I rather like the item cookie recommends - I'll do some searching.

Greg

I just use an old washing up bowl and only have problems with spilling over the side if its windy :)
 
Engine bars off to change oil ???

We must get a different model in the colonies - never had to take the tank of my 1150 to change oil !!:rob

I have to loosen off the engine bars to get the filter out, but thats another story.
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cheers
gregGS
 
Why is the king of Oonyakistan not on here giving some kind of advice on this in light of his recent experimentation with a new mixture in his engine?:hide
 
one of these:

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superb. no flex when full, pours away easily. best i've ever used :)

about £10/15 from snap~on man a few years back. not actually made by snap~on, so may well be available somewhere else & very probably cheaper.

I ordered one of those from the local Snap-on man 5 weeks ago, still haven't got it yet:(
 
save ££££s on a drip try, just wheel your bike into the kerbside and remove the sump plug and filter while the bike stands over a lovely metal drain.:augie

Be carefull not to drop the sump plug though.:D











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I know that you're having a larf, but it's not the volume, it's the fact it spills over the sides that causes the problems.
Keep the cheap Halfords one.

I have one. It's a five litre oil can thing with a catch tray on one side. There's a vent bung that has to be open otherwise the volume of oil draining into the can slows and that's when it will slop over the side.

Spend 50p on a cheap, large diameter plastic funnel, stick that into the drain hole on the Halfords oil pan (shorten the bottom of the funnel and it will flow quicker).

I like Cookie's one but you still have to transfer the oil to another container to get rid of it. The Halfords/HG types mean there's one less chance of spillage twixt draining and disposing of the oil.
 
I like Cookie's one but you still have to transfer the oil to another container to get rid of it. The Halfords/HG types mean there's one less chance of spillage twixt draining and disposing of the oil.

true, but it has rolled sides so sloshing is not really a problem. get the odd drip out of the spout occasionally.

i empty it into one of two 40L containers, then empty that into the bulk tank at the council tip when it's full, but i do have a fair bit more to dispose of than average.
 
I tried the funnel idea, after spilling oil in an earlier oil change. So what happened? I dropped the sump plug into the funnel, end result ,more oil splashed on the drive.:blast

Washing up bowl seems to be the best bet. The problem seems to be the rate at which the oil pours out.
 
one of these:

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superb. no flex when full, pours away easily. best i've ever used :)

about £10/15 from snap~on man a few years back. not actually made by snap~on, so may well be available somewhere else & very probably cheaper.


Yep I have one also :thumb It doesn`t take 6.5 litres of a 530i sump though so owt over 5 litres keep the sump plug at hand :thumb2
 
Mate of mine drops his straight into a washing up bowl, then gives his garden fence a treat so as not to go to the council tip.

He has the only waterproof fence i've ever seen. Does EXACTLY what it says on the tin :augie
 
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Got one today in a tasteful blue colour with a mesh tray to drain yer bits on.

£12 from the Enfield Motoring Pageant supplied by Classic Oils

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Greg
 


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