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Am I thick or what oil filler moment

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Might help out new owners. We've had the van for about 8 years so no idea how many times I've changed the oil and topped it up but today I was topping up the oil and found that there was a telescopic tube on the oil filer tube that makes it MUCH easier to get the oil in! Wonder what we'll discover over the next decade?
Are we going on anything else?

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That is funny as
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How on earth were you putting the oil in then?
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well done mate

put my hands up i also did not know that

thats going to make things easier
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Hah ! Wait till you find where the cunning Bosche has hidden the washer bottle

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And the brake fluid resevoir...Das ist good!



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And the filer cap holds the flap open while you are filing it.
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kit wrote:And the filer cap holds the flap open while you are filing it.

Derrrr ... don't give away ALL the secrets

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I knew I'd get this picture in one day

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Oldiebut goodie wrote:How on earth were you putting the oil in then?
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Even with the tube pulled out, a "Fairy" style washing up liquid bottle, with a BIG hole cut into one side, makes the job even easier
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I've got a very big tundish (funnel) with a flexible hose.
I actually found the washer bottle pretty quickly and the brake fluid res when the drivers carpet started getting wet with brake fluid.
Haven't put diesel in instead of petrol yet (but I did fill Lindsay's diesel Seat with petrol once...from empty right up to the brim )
Are we going on anything else?

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Every day is a school day! Never knew either.
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ghost123uk wrote:Even with the tube pulled out, a "Fairy" style washing up liquid bottle, with a BIG hole cut into one side, makes the job even easier

We've got a small plastic funnel stored behind the catflap, wedged in between filler neck and coolant bottle.
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