Anyone used the "Oil Udder" on their Gen 2 Prius?

Meh, it's a funnel. And harder to clean?

 

Nice concept... Gets me thinking about to how DIY one. I've also seen similar designs that's kind of a plate that captures the oil rather than a cap.

 

Seems like one more messy thing to clean/store.

I put on a vinyl/rubber/nitrile glove, loosen the filter a bit, let the oil run down into the same catch pan I used to catch the oil when I opened my Fumoto oil drain valve. After a minute or so, I unscrew the filter a bit more until it drops into said oil catch pan. I get a small amount of oil on my glove, but it already had a small amount of oil from opening the drain valve.

Since I use a oil drain valve, I do not worry about "catching" the drain plug. Not that I ever worried about it before I switched to oil drain valves.

Some folks might like this device but here is how I see it:

Either way you got some oil dripping -- either into this new gadget -- or down the oil filter and into the oil catch pan.

If it goes into the oil catch pan, it then goes to recycling and I wipe out pan, toss glove and it is good to go.

With new gadget, oil goes into new gadget, which needs to be dealt with, but then I still have my oil catch pan to clean.

To me, this thing includes an extra step and extra hassle. I could be wrong -- and on this forum -- I have often been proved wrong.

To avoid the hassle with the filter altogether, drive a Subaru -- seems as if all their filters are at the top of the engine. Sort of like the Datsun 210 I drove in the 1970s.

 

I've been using a red solo cup to do that for years.

Just don't confuse it with the working beverage and you're good.

 

I just don't see a need to "catch" the oil from the filter with a red solo cup or anything else. Let it drain into the same container you use to catch what comes from the drain plug. Quick, easy, not messy -- well, at least for me. But then I have 50 years of experience -- of course, only 14 years of that on a Prius.

 

The cup is more important for catching the drippings than the filter.

A single cup lasts years, rests with the other oil change tools.

My hands stay cleaner; less to wash off.

 

Yeah, guess I have to agree to disagree. The gloves keep my hands clean, the oil goes in the big container, so on and so forth. Very little cleanup. I do say the drain valve is the real key for me. I would never have a car without one.

 

Right, the cup is what keeps me from needing gloves. It is my glove.

 

Wow, that's super simple and smart... I'll give that a try next time!

 

Varnishing a coffee table one time, and my wife put a cup of coffee beside me. I kept saying to myself, think, don’t do it, but yup: eventually I dipped the brush in the coffee.

 

Reminds me of this episode