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Old 03-02-2019, 12:46 AM   #1
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Oil

Maybe this has came up before, but what do you use to put oil in your rig.
The oil I’ll use comes in a 5 qt jug and it won’t fit anywhere near the filler tube.
Heck, I’m not sure a 1 qt bottle will fit up there.
I know we got some guys here that use NASA type ingenuity .

I have a Challenger.

I REALLY don’t want to remove the doghouse.

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Old 03-02-2019, 01:19 AM   #2
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Old 03-02-2019, 02:08 AM   #3
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i'll have to see if there"s even room for that deal.
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Old 03-02-2019, 03:32 AM   #4
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i'll have to see if there"s even room for that deal.


Use that gizmo and buy your oil in quart bottles. Easy.
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Old 03-02-2019, 04:51 AM   #5
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Yes, this has come up before; multiple times. The best idea i saw was get a new 1 or 2 gallon bug sprayer (the type you pump up with air), put your oil in it, leave the wand off (or just use a hose) and use air pressure to push the oil up the hose and into the fill tube.
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Old 03-02-2019, 11:07 AM   #6
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I got a fancy funnel from auto parts store, put an extension hose on the end. I place the funnel between the windshield and whipper to hold it in place, put the hose down the filler tube and go for it.
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You can get this filler tube at Wally World or most any auto parts store, cheap and works great.
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Old 03-02-2019, 01:24 PM   #8
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I have a PVC pipe set up to allow refill of oil on Vegas. For on the road addition of oil I use a nozzle off a gear oil bottle and put oil down dipstick tube. I have only added oil once between changes and it worked fine.
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Old 03-02-2019, 01:31 PM   #9
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You can get this filler tube at Wally World or most any auto parts store, cheap and works great.


We use one of these but the hose was not long enough so we bought a longer length of tubing at Lowe’s. Fits the connection perfectly.
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Old 03-02-2019, 01:37 PM   #10
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Looks like I’ll try that filler tube.
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Old 03-02-2019, 01:46 PM   #11
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You can also get one with a quart “container “ on the end. Makes it easier for filling from gallon containers of oil. Fill it up with the valve closed, insert in oil filler tube and open valve. Only problem with any of these is residual leakage. So we put ours in a plastic container and wear disposable gloves when using it.

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Old 03-02-2019, 01:47 PM   #12
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On another thread, a poster wrote that he used a hand pump from Harbor Freight. https://www.harborfreight.com/Multi-...ump-63144.html
Pump first from a 5 quart container then pour 2 quarts into the empty 5 qt. Jug and pump those. He described it as being without a mess. I’d have already bought one except I’d just changed the oil and cleaned up the mess. Definitely next time though.
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On another thread, a poster wrote that he used a hand pump from Harbor Freight. https://www.harborfreight.com/Multi-...ump-63144.html
Pump first from a 5 quart container then pour 2 quarts into the empty 5 qt. Jug and pump those. He described it as being without a mess. I’d have already bought one except I’d just changed the oil and cleaned up the mess. Definitely next time though.


I tried that one time. It is indeed mess free filling but then the pump was an oily mess to store. I put it in a plastic bag but it was still a mess. Threw it away and just use the bottle hose shown above and oil in quarts. I find that the entire assembly fits within the engine compartment with the oil bottle more sideways than upright. Works for me.
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Old 05-20-2019, 09:01 PM   #14
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I tried that one time. It is indeed mess free filling but then the pump was an oily mess to store. I put it in a plastic bag but it was still a mess. Threw it away and just use the bottle hose shown above and oil in quarts. I find that the entire assembly fits within the engine compartment with the oil bottle more sideways than upright. Works for me.


I need to revisit this issue as my next oil change will be due after our next trip. We have Thor A.C.E. with hardly enough space to tip a quart bottle. Are you using this long tube with a similar motorhome?
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Old 05-20-2019, 09:13 PM   #15
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I need to revisit this issue as my next oil change will be due after our next trip. We have Thor A.C.E. with hardly enough space to tip a quart bottle. Are you using this long tube with a similar motorhome?


Mine might be different but there certainly isn’t much room in mine either. I use the tube that screws to the top of a quart bottle as pictured above but had to cut the hose down by about half. On mine I have to hold the quart bottle on it’s side (flat) with the shortened hose almost entirely in the filler. I tried to do it with a funnel and a long hose from outside of the engine compartment but did not find that to work very well. Good luck.
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