Ideas for something to drain oil into

bigjl

Just buy the proper drain pan from Halfords or Machine Mart.

Anything else will be a pain and you will get spillages and splashes.

They only cost £15/20

I have one that takes 10 litres and it has lasted nearly 10yrs so far and is unlikely to wear out anytime soon.

oldhand

OR look in your local council recycling depot for an old condenser tumble dryer and get the water vapour catcher from one of them..

arcon5

I use a funnel and a petrol container. Then whack it in the garage until I can be arsed to go to recycling center.

arcon5

Ebe_Scrooge wrote: »

On some cars the sump is so close to the ground that a washing-up bowl struggles to fit. In this case a cat-litter tray works well ( without the litter or poo in it, obviously !! )

Then jack the car up higher. Solved

bluesnake

get a leak proof bin bag, put it in a bucket with the op folded over the side......

A washing basin or large cooking tray may also work, if your car is designed well enough, and you are too lazy to jack it up

suvla_2

Cheers for the ideas guys it's a car and a motorcycle im happy I've got stuff to do it with now

Strider590

£10-£15

Saves making a mess and makes disposal less of a ballache.....

I can't believe some of the suggestions in this thread!!

gilbert_and_sullivan

I have a proper oil drain can, in practice when draining 7 litres of hot oil it runs pretty fast, the oil drain can often can't cope with the flow and you get splashes over the side, washing up bowl still the best.

Or, if you're going to keep a car for a long time invest in a Fumoto Oil Drain Valve http://www.quickvalve.co.uk/ for the cleanest easiest oil changes, they work very well.

AdrianC

If you use something random and plastic, make sure it's up to having HOT liquid poured into it without deforming...

G&S is right about the pace of flow of hot oil - and that's the reason I don't much like the flattish ones like Strider suggests. I use a deepish but plain catchcan, then pour it into one of those flattish ones as an interim. Then, when I've got an empty oil bottle, it goes into that for disposal.

One of this style...

would allow you to miss out the middle step of the three, but you've still got a problem if you need to store it for an interim until you get an empty bottle kicking about.

9_inch

Plastic bottle.