Lars_Danner wrote:
Has anyone done this? Seems like a better (but more expensive) solution than installing a sight glass. With the sight glass you still have the problem with adding oil to the new-style filler/dipstick hole. I don't like the idea of needing to bring a big filler funnel with me on long trips--which seems necessary with the newer-style setup.
For adding engine oil to my GTS on road trips if needed, rather than carrying a funnel, I used one of those clear, old-timey cafe, squeezable, ketchup/mustard style plastic bottles that I bought at a dollar store, filled it with motor oil, then had a length of appropriately-sized plastic fuel tubing that would fit onto the bottle's nozzle.
I still had to crawl around on the ground to add oil, but the flexible tubing made the job easier and less awkward.
By the way, I also have the sight glass cover.