Cleaning Funnels

[Pablo]

It's an amazing pesticide. LoL

Great water well cleaner too. Try it on toilets and the microwave.

 

[Nick1994]

We love over complicating things at BITOG.

Sure do. Been on here for 13 years.

I remember the good old days when I cared about what oil I put in my cars

 

[4wd]

Good grief! What's the next topic? An in-depth analysis of blowing your nose with a handkerchief, kleenex, paper towel, or a few squares of TP?

Whatever is in reach when the pump kicks in

 

[Donald]

Whatever is in reach when the pump kicks in

Sleeve is always available!!

 

[iCurious]

Old microfiber towels works great for me.

 

[JoeDirt41]

I don’t like to waste brake cleaner if I don’t have to, so unless it’s really dirty, I wipe them out with a semi-clean microfiber shoved through with a screwdriver. I have one that I use exclusively for waste oil that never gets cleaned.

 

[Arc]

I have got to stop reading post's early in the mornings. I saw the header "cleaning funnels" and the first thing I thought was what the heck is a funnel for cleaning . I get it now, cleaning a funnel.

 

[Leo99]

I have got to stop reading post's early in the mornings. I saw the header "cleaning funnels" and the first thing I thought was what the heck is a funnel for cleaning . I get it now, cleaning a funnel.

C'mon man, we ain't using present participle adjectives. We're talking progressive verb tense.

My brain does struggle with this, too. Do they mean adjective or verb...

 

[4wd]

I’m going to grab some huuuggggeee zip lock bags!

 

[Arc]

C'mon man, we ain't using present participle adjectives. We're talking progressive verb tense.

My brain does struggle with this, too. Do they mean adjective or verb...

The older I get the slower I get. Maybe I just more sleep and less forum time.

 

[Snagglefoot]

My comment at the end was really what the gas station attebdendant would say to himself after using it to add a QT of oil to someone's engine.

Better yet, after adding a quart of ATF to the customers engine.

 

[Marengo Mike]

All kinds of different ways to clean a funnel. The fastest and most convenient way I suppose would be brake cleaner and compressed air.

That's if you have compressed air available and can afford the price of brake cleaner at over $6 a can just for cleaning funnels.

What other ways are there to clean a funnel?

Isopropyl Alcohol

 

[HemiBenny]

Every funnel gets wiped down with a blue shop towel after use and stored in a plastic bag. (Each funnel has its own bag.) Then they’re stored in a cabinet until needed. When I take one out to use it, it’s still clean.
I also have a dedicated waste fluid funnel that never gets used for new fluids.

 

[oil pan 4]

Put some gas down the oil funnel into a mower.
If I don't need to put gas in anything then I put a paper towel in a grocery bag and tie a sheep knot in it to keep the dust off it.
It can get rather dusty here.

 

[propuckstopper]

All kinds of different ways to clean a funnel. The fastest and most convenient way I suppose would be brake cleaner and compressed air.

That's if you have compressed air available and can afford the price of brake cleaner at over $6 a can just for cleaning funnels.

What other ways are there to clean a funnel?

Quick shot of brake clean, then hand wash with hot water and Dawn dish soap in the laundry sink. Air dry, then they go back in their dedicated bin. I must have 15 funnels in that bin, but I usually only use one of my three or four favourites.

 

[Kira]

Posts 28 and 44 miss the point.
For me, "Funnel Cleaning" was the hardest 3 weeks of automotive school.

 

[Donald]

Posts 28 and 44 miss the point.
For me, "Funnel Cleaning" was the hardest 3 weeks of automotive school.

I was out sick for that class. What did I miss?

 

[rszappa1]

Gee only 4 pages on cleaning a funnel???? There were more that that with the talk of a crush washer....

 

[JunkdrawerDog]

A paper towel is going to leave all kinds of lint fibers behind. How can you stand that?

A residual amount of cellulose fiber is unlikely to be a problem in any equipment I own even if it is left, IMHO.

I doubt that those stray cellulose fibers are significantly different than any stray cellulose fibers that come from the filter element itself or fiber board end caps. Can't see a problem here.

 

[kschachn]

I doubt that those stray cellulose fibers are significantly different than any stray cellulose fibers that come from the filter element itself or fiber board end caps. Can't see a problem here.

Indeed. It's not as if someone is washing tungsten carbide particles down the funnel.