Yes, and that would contain the 'wind whip' effect I ALWAYS get when I let it drain down to slow, fine, single drops during the 25-35 mph gusts which MUST happen when I decide to do a change.
Decent Oil Drain Pan?
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IMO....try the cardboard box method. I change oil regularly on the street in Coney Island using the box method and the gusts of wind don't interfere with the oil draining.
As long as you have the tops of the panels snug to the bottom of the vehicle when the oil is draining, all the oil is contained in the cardboard box inside of the oil pan.
As long as you have the tops of the panels snug to the bottom of the vehicle when the oil is draining, all the oil is contained in the cardboard box inside of the oil pan.
This is what I use. I never buy plastic when metal is available. That goes for everything from oil drain pans to guns.
http://www.ruralking.com/hog-pan-utility-pan.html
Ed
http://www.ruralking.com/hog-pan-utility-pan.html
Ed
One of the medium duty trucks at work has a 24l oil sump and I got tired of splashing oil midway thru the oil change trying to switch 4gal drain pans. i was thinking of getting the Griots Garage drain pan but this is how I do it now -
I drain the oil into a 25l gas can, using a 12in dia funnel I trimmed for height
http://www.shoptoit.ca/brand-wedco-ind-ltd/25l-gas-can/1850198/
The gas can and the funnel fit nicely under the truck when I drive the truck on to the wood ramps I built. I drain the oil hot and the gas can can take the heat. I take the gas can down to the municipal recycling centre and drain it into their huge oil recycling container and, this way, I don't have to transfer the oil from the container I drained it into, into another container for treansport.
I drain the oil into a 25l gas can, using a 12in dia funnel I trimmed for height
http://www.shoptoit.ca/brand-wedco-ind-ltd/25l-gas-can/1850198/
The gas can and the funnel fit nicely under the truck when I drive the truck on to the wood ramps I built. I drain the oil hot and the gas can can take the heat. I take the gas can down to the municipal recycling centre and drain it into their huge oil recycling container and, this way, I don't have to transfer the oil from the container I drained it into, into another container for treansport.
I use a triangular open drain pan. On one corner, it is raised a little and formed into a spout, and opposite that corner is a stand to allow an oil filter to drain. I overcome splashing by holding it close to the drain plug for the initial splash, then lowering it to the ground. The trianglar shape makes pouring into old jugs for disposal very mess free. I have another, basic round drain pan, which I don't like. Pouring from the spout of that into a jug makes a mess everywhere.
I think I picked it up at Canadian Tire. They don't seem to sell it there anymore, but it is pictured in some article they wrote on their site:
http://s7d5.scene7.com/is/image/CanadianTire/0283114_1?wid=209&hei=174
The brand is U-Lube-It.
I think I picked it up at Canadian Tire. They don't seem to sell it there anymore, but it is pictured in some article they wrote on their site:
http://s7d5.scene7.com/is/image/CanadianTire/0283114_1?wid=209&hei=174
The brand is U-Lube-It.
I have been using the lisle pan.The spout is small enough to fit the oil jug you just used for disposal.As far as i'm concerned its the best.Low profile , lots of capacity and built like a tank.
This is the pan I have been using for 40+ years. It's a crisper drawer trial piece from a die that my Dad made when he was a tool & die maker. Where Dad worked they had a very large press for trial runs before delivering the dies. This one was for the Ammana appliance plant in Iowa. By the way this pan has had more M1 drained into it than most likely any other pan on earth. Who knows.
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Originally Posted By: weebl
I use a triangular open drain pan. On one corner, it is raised a little and formed into a spout, and opposite that corner is a stand to allow an oil filter to drain. I overcome splashing by holding it close to the drain plug for the initial splash, then lowering it to the ground. The trianglar shape makes pouring into old jugs for disposal very mess free. I have another, basic round drain pan, which I don't like. Pouring from the spout of that into a jug makes a mess everywhere.
I think I picked it up at Canadian Tire. They don't seem to sell it there anymore, but it is pictured in some article they wrote on their site:
http://s7d5.scene7.com/is/image/CanadianTire/0283114_1?wid=209&hei=174
The brand is U-Lube-It.
I had one of those (or the U.S. manufacturer equivalent), and loved it, except that it was VERY prone to cracking on the corners, and at the filter drain post.
Despite that, I would still get another (for the filter drain post alone) IF I could find one down here in the lower 48!!
I use a triangular open drain pan. On one corner, it is raised a little and formed into a spout, and opposite that corner is a stand to allow an oil filter to drain. I overcome splashing by holding it close to the drain plug for the initial splash, then lowering it to the ground. The trianglar shape makes pouring into old jugs for disposal very mess free. I have another, basic round drain pan, which I don't like. Pouring from the spout of that into a jug makes a mess everywhere.
I think I picked it up at Canadian Tire. They don't seem to sell it there anymore, but it is pictured in some article they wrote on their site:
http://s7d5.scene7.com/is/image/CanadianTire/0283114_1?wid=209&hei=174
The brand is U-Lube-It.
I had one of those (or the U.S. manufacturer equivalent), and loved it, except that it was VERY prone to cracking on the corners, and at the filter drain post.
Despite that, I would still get another (for the filter drain post alone) IF I could find one down here in the lower 48!!
The Lisle pan is great. Heavy plastic, spout, convenient handles, deep enough to contain splashes.
John Deere 2.5 gallon jugs are a nice size for handling used oil:
John Deere 2.5 gallon jugs are a nice size for handling used oil:
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