Not so secret oil trick

[OdinAF]

So you have to fill your differentials or drain them. Well here is a simple trick that most know, but a ton don't, before draining drive you car to warm the oil up and like the spice, it must flowww.

Now say you have to fill, I know I know, Your not sure how to heat the liquid, the same way I don't know how to make complete and proper sentences.

Behold the glory of man.....

Take a simple heater pad and wrap it around your bottle let it sit for 20- 30 mins and vola.... the oil will flow.


Also you could use a pump, but I'm a Engineer so I will be damned if we do this the easy way.

 

[Scrambler82]

Good idea, i need to do this soon so I will try the warm it up method.

The Spice thing - Dune is a really good Sci-Fi Movie, there is a Syfy Channel Version also, longer but interesting and a second by the Syfy Cahnnnel called “Children of Dune”, another good one.

 

[RonD]

Put the bottle(s) of oil in the engine compartment while you are driving the car/truck around to warm up the axle oil, leave it there, hood closed, while you drain the old oil.

 

[UrbanRedneckKid]

This is what I do, I have a barbed fitting on the end of my old blow gun. Shank the bottle w/ a pick, then ream it with a #2 Phillips. Put the hose in, flip the bottle over, and put air to it.

 

[Frank The Tank]

I have a piece of hose cut and I typically sit my gear lube on the heater in winter or in a cardboard box with my little electric heater (top open) in summer and flip it upside down and squeeze. I used to work in a place that kept 2 gallon pup tanks with a pump handle to shoot the lube in tractors... It was better than any of these ideas.

 

[OdinAF]

Put the bottle(s) of oil in the engine compartment while you are driving the car/truck around to warm up the axle oil, leave it there, hood closed, while you drain the old oil.

Only problem with this is that if you turn to sharp it might slide into something that's suppose to be moving. then you have problems.