| JayChicago | -- 04-11-2025 @ 9:54 PM |
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Aggravating part of doing an oil change is getting the used oil from the catch pan into the container to take in for recycling. I can never get it done without making a mess. I'm still using a simple plastic catch pan, with a little spout that is totally inadequate. Gotta be a better way. What are you guys using?
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| Kens 36 | -- 04-12-2025 @ 6:58 AM |
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Jay, There are lots of oil drain pans out there. Mine has a sort of funnel attachment. The one pictured is under $20 from Harbor Freight. Ken
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| ford38v8 | -- 04-12-2025 @ 7:49 AM |
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I use a 5 quart bottle of oil, that when empty, is used with a funnel to drain the next oil into. A paper towel goes into the funnel to soak up remaining drips, the cap goes back on the bottle and gets dropped off at the auto supply store. A tad more responsible than when I was a kid, but I won’t elaborate. Alan
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| carcrazy | -- 04-12-2025 @ 12:44 PM |
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A bin from an old refrigerator is what I use to catch the oil drained from the engine. Mine is very old and is made of steel, more recent ones are made of plastic. The nice feature of these bins is that they have square corners so the oil can easily be poured out of them through a funnel and into either an oil recycling container or the five quart container that your oil came in. The downside is that you have to use several paper towels to fully clean the bin and the funnel used.
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| JayChicago | -- 04-13-2025 @ 11:43 AM |
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Thanks guys. I will get a drain pan with a decent spout, so it can be poured without running all over the rim of the pan.
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