Well, for those who didnt take part in this little game, its too late.
It seems nobody had a Bat computer and has found out where The Penguin's
secret lair is...
The "half" prizes go jointly to Howard B. and Robert J. F., the runner up is
Dean R.
Although none of you got it, in fact you werent even that close, you at
least were in the correct area. Siphoning didnt work, at least when I tried
it, the tube I originally tried to use was the tube I use for balancing my
carbs (not the crappy gunson thing) was quite thin, and although the
siphoning action worked - it dripped out very very slowly - I only got about
50mls out in what seemed like at least 15 minutes.
The slyness award goes to Richard G. for even suggesting that! Considering
you work for a company that deals with oil too! Shame on you, I do hope you
have nothing to do with environmental planning... :) I have to say, I did
consider far worse... Im not sure that I could ever go in this little town
again for fear of being the one who made the stain on the ground running all
the way to the drain (it was on a hill - the drain about 15ft away.
Liv, you should know by now, I don't give up easily, how dare you even
suggest that I would take it down to "Jiffy lube" (whatever the hell that
is...) and let them do it.
So anyway, on to the solution. *** WARNING: PLOT SPOILER ***
Everyone who suggested something to do with the dip stick area, you were
close, at least thats the way it came out.
What you all forgot was that our cars come with a pump! Almost exactly the
right size! Perfect for this application in fact.
So what do you do? Firstly detach the lid of the washer bottle - use the end
that usually goes in to the bottle - and stick it in to the dip stick hole.
Now, attach the tube that comes from the Gunson carb balancer to the other
side of the pump (having disconnected it from the washer jets! - unless you
want to spray oil over your windscreen)
Now simply put the other end of the carb balancer tube in the empty bottle,
and press the stork that operates the washer!
Voila! An oil pump...
I suggest only keeping the washer pump on for about 30 seconds at a time,
depending on how hot the oil is to begin with, it gets rather hot, and it
expires quite quickly... I managed to get about 400ml before mine died.
Which, as it happens, was easily enough to bring it down to level.
Sorry if that wasn't quite as entertaining as it could have been, but I was
certainly quite proud of myself for figuring this one out... being in a
"desperate" situation certainly makes your mind tick... and no way was I
going to call out the recovery service for the second time in 2 weeks...
James
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