Does anyone have an idea for funnel storage that keeps them nice and clean. Seems like even when they're wiped out after each use (which is sometimes difficult) they always attract some dirt to them. I've tried sticking them into a container to drip into, but they still always seem to get contaminated. Some of you shop dwellers must have a fix to my dilemma.??? Thanks for the help.

 

I just stuff a rag into the big end & wrap a plastic baggy over the small end & hang it on the wall.

 

Ditto plastic bag. Plastic bag it and shove into the fenderwell of the truck or car. Each vehicle I work on has there own stashed under the hood.

Ray

 

personally i dont' worry about it... stick them in a icecream container to catch the drippings.... 30 years in this shop, and never had any vechial die due to a dirty funnel...

 

NAPA sells funnels that have (and come with) a screw-on lid and a small screw-on cap for either end. This is the best solution I've seen yet. The only problem might be that I only saw one style/size. The good part was that I think I saw different colors, so it would be easy to tell what funnel you use for specific jobs.

As for stuff in the funnels, I hated it when garages (like the one I just got done working for) used very dirty, cross-contaminated funnels for any and everything. Duh! Of course it's not going to die right there, nor within the next 3000 miles, but the mechanic who abides by that logic isn't holding to the creed of his job - he is not taking care of the vehicles entrusted to him to the best of his ability and knowledge. ATF and motor oil do not mix (well, they sort-of do, but in a suspension that strips the oil from surfaces), nor does brake fluid and other fluids. This old-school mentality that continues to prevail is really laziness and lack of caring.

But I guess that's the whole point of this site - most mechanics don't seem care enough in the opinions of people who care about their own vehicles. If you're gonna get 300,000 miles, or more, out of an engine, you've got to be doing stuff the right way.

Best,

 

I bag mine in the plastic sleeve that the newspaper comes in with a paper towel in there to soak up left overs...Then just change it ever so often if it gets messy. I use different funnels for different jobs generally.

 

"But I guess that's the whole point of this site - most mechanics don't seem care enough in the opinions of people who care about their own vehicles. If you're gonna get 300,000 miles, or more, out of an engine, you've got to be doing stuff the right way."

well first, i'm not a mechanic, and if the funnel is dirty, i do wipe it out.... i'm a machinist/welder, and an industrial mechanic.
my last engine went to 330,000 km's and was only retired because of a dropped cam bearing... we've got tractors that are over 50 years old, used almost daily, and have the orginal engines.. '45 farmall, '52 JD mt, '56 JD 420, and a 70 580ck case... also running the same trucks for the last 21 years... f-100, bronco, and a 79 chev cube van....

i fully understand what your saying about x-contamination, but there is more old fluid one the surfaces of an engine, and transmission, holding contamination, then you'd ever get off a filter (we don't go from oil to tranny fluid without cleaning it, or using a different funnel) it all comes down to personall prefrance..... if you have seen some of the condishtions that some of the equipment we repair has to run in.. you wouldn't worry about the funnel...

 

Use those new deals that are for wrapping food dishes that resemble shower caps

 

I usually wipe mine out good after every use, then I'll spray in a little brake cleaning fluid and set it on the shelf. Then, when I need it again, I'll sometimes spray a quick shot of brake cleaning fluid in again just to be safe... In my mind, I think this is sufficient cleaning and I use basically one funnel for all my needs...

 

I wipe them out and toss them in a cardboard box. They drip a little, so you have to get a new box every 6 months. Oil case boxes work good. Before each funnel use, I wipe them down inside and out.

 

I stuff the big end with balled up newspaper and make a small plug of newspaper that I jam into the small end.....

works for me!


Gary M.

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I've got it, you could put a couple of funnels in an old bra,and hang it on your shop wall.
Then tell your buddies your starting your own Planet Hollywood, and this is some Madonna collectable.
Then you can charge them $6.50 for a Beer!!
Greg58

 

 

I have a good collection of different size funnels. I hang a 5 gallon bucket on the wall. All the funnels drip off in there. Cover bucket with an old towel. Keeps em pretty clean and always ready to use. I blow my garage out with a leaf blower all the time. Funnels stay clean.

Chris...