Tip for Fluid Removal

[blundgren77]

While getting ready to put my 2001 986 to bed for the winter this past weekend, I wanted to siphon off the washer fluid, as since I had no idea how the porsche fluid was prepared, I couldn't guarantee it wasn't mostly water and might have frozen.

The washer bottle has a large opening, but it tapers and you can't just use a baster or something to pull fluid out. I could have tried to create a suction somehow, but I got to thinking, and reached into my old box of RC airplane parts for this:

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti00...LXMA93&P=ML

It's a hand operated fuel pump for filling up RC airplanes. It pumps like mad, and uses a small diameter rubber hose. I simply fed the tube down into the washer bottle, put the discharge hose into an empty bottle and started cranking. Emptied the entire bottle in about 2 minutes.

The company has electric versions of these pumps also. Best of all, since the pumps are designed to pump Nitro fuel, they are pretty much bullet proof and nothing will eat them. I could see this working to siphon off brake fluid (getting past that pesky little ball in brake fill) or anything else you want to remove from the car.

And less than 20.00. :)