Both the Fit and my wife's Toyota have this strainer right under the oil cap. I get why, but you have to hold on to the funnel while you pour oil.. and yeah.. I'm an old guy and it runs everywhere! I just did my 13th oil change and I'm tired of it!



So, off to RockAuto.com... and $4 later for the Fit and $3 later for wife's Toyota and we got a cheap solution. I drilled a vent hole, but probably didn't need to.

 

Now that's thinking outside the box. Looks good to me.

 

Smart award for you!

 

very cool!

i have this short and wide funnel and i dont have this problem on the Fits.

but i do have issue with the Golfs.. luckily on that car there is a hood damper close to the oil filler so i twist tie the funnel to the hood damper while i use both hands to pour oil from the larger jugs.

 

I found a collapsible soft rubber funnel that can be extended to several heights. It works well, but I stand in admiration of robs' solution. :-)



Collapsable Rubber Funnel

 

On some cars I owned, I was known to have suspended a funnel and spout from the hood (bonnet) latch.

I used coat hanger wire to hang the funnel at the proper height. Have I aged myself? (Most coat hangers are PLASTIC now!)

PS: the vent hole in the cap undoubtedly makes the job go quicker...

 

carbuff - i still get wire coat hangers at the dry cleaners so you're safe! lol

someone should make a 3D printed funnel that just screws into the oil filler.

 

OK...haven't worn suits in a couple decades, so how would I know?

 

SLOW clap..... bravo.......
The strainer was weird at 1st, but gotten used to it. Its has saved me once. Caught the foil wrap that somehow floated into the jug when I opened it. Love the enginuity on the cap though.

 

You guys use funnels?



I don't like to have to clean them.

 

easy.. just place funnel on the jug you are recycling the old oil, spray brake / MAF cleaner into the funnel to wash down the oil into the jug.

 

Tell me that again when you're almost 60....

I was young too at one time..

 

Thanks for sharing this ingenious solution! This is a great example of the KISS principle.