stupid question about funnels and adding fluids

[mjoekingz28]

I would have thought windshield washer fluid cove be added straight because I would have considered it benign, but I guess only water is so.

I think it was some German automaker's manual that stated WW fluid could do damage somehow if spilled under the hood. I think we all know brake fluid will, and then any oil based product will make a mess and grit will quickly attach to it, coolant and others will just plain be bad to the ground it seems.

 

[mjoekingz28]

Originally Posted By: willyreid
A plastic funnel, right?
Why not support the timber industry for a change, screw the cleaner stuff, and learn you to make your own recycled, single use, custom paper funnel? Unless you are out there every night adding drops of various fluids?


I would like to have a few paper funnels! Just a few single-use ones. Are they usually available locally, as I don't recall seeing them for sale. Maybe behind the counter at some places?

 

[The_Jeff]

Originally Posted By: mjoekingz28
Originally Posted By: willyreid
A plastic funnel, right?
Why not support the timber industry for a change, screw the cleaner stuff, and learn you to make your own recycled, single use, custom paper funnel? Unless you are out there every night adding drops of various fluids?


I would like to have a few paper funnels! Just a few single-use ones. Are they usually available locally, as I don't recall seeing them for sale. Maybe behind the counter at some places?


They used to have a stack of them, with the Mobil logo, at gas stations by the cashier. This was in the late 90s, when oil had been in plastic bottles for 15 years already, but I assume the funnels were intended for cans. They looked like water-cooler dixie cups except were open at the bottom.

Cut off soda bottles have something odd about the geometry, if two drops of fluid hit them wrong they flip and spill.

 

[kschachn]

Here are some paper funnels that address just the concerns everyone seems to have

Paper Funnels

 

[bluestream]

Go to your local office water cooler and grab some of those paper cone cups cut the bottom often you got a free funnel

 

[HM12460]

A true Bitog'er will not tolerate a dirty funnel used for automotive fluid transfers. I keep a good supply of disposable shop towels in my garage and religiously wipe/clean my funnels after every use. They are then covered up with another fresh disposable shop towel and put on the shelf ready for the next use. Also, do not allow any lint in your clean funnels after wiping them down. Brake cleaner works excellent for cleaning as it does not leave a film to contaminate your fluids.