owenst7
1/2 ton status
Are they castrol bottles? Castrol bottles are the only ones ive ever noticed that had issues, they totally suck. Theyre brittle like eggshells.
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Issue with carrying extra fluids
- Thread starter badmix
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This is weird, I've never had a problem with bottles randomly splitting open and puking everywhere. In my wheeler I have a toolbox with a milk crate inside of it that I stuff all my fluids in. I've gone from here in Fresno with an elevation of about 350' up to the top of a local trail that is almost 10,000' without issues so I'd imagine you can rule out elevation change. Most of the bottles are brand new and full to the top as well.
Another guy suggested another company for a fluid holder earlier but I really like the ones from Artec industries. On Pirate Artec has a deal of the week and many times it's a variation of one of these crates, maybe keep an eye on their thread and wait until the one you want comes up on sale.
Another guy suggested another company for a fluid holder earlier but I really like the ones from Artec industries. On Pirate Artec has a deal of the week and many times it's a variation of one of these crates, maybe keep an eye on their thread and wait until the one you want comes up on sale.
ezoliver
Mall Crawler
I have the quart crate from Artec - I got the one that holds 6 quarts of oil, quart of diff oil, quart of brake / power steering fluid, and a gallon of coolant or water. Worth every penny for keeping the stuff strapped down and not leaking.
http://artecindustries.3dcartstores...rt-Crate--6-qts-brake-gear-coolant_p_166.html
http://artecindustries.3dcartstores...rt-Crate--6-qts-brake-gear-coolant_p_166.html
badmix
1/2 ton status
The oil is Valvoline high mileage 10w50. The containers are red. Ive had other oil containers pop before. It might be how they are packed or something, but being this is the 2nd time, there wont be a 3rd, lol.
This is weird, I've never had a problem with bottles randomly splitting open and puking everywhere. In my wheeler I have a toolbox with a milk crate inside of it that I stuff all my fluids in. I've gone from here in Fresno with an elevation of about 350' up to the top of a local trail that is almost 10,000' without issues so I'd imagine you can rule out elevation change. Most of the bottles are brand new and full to the top as well.
Another guy suggested another company for a fluid holder earlier but I really like the ones from Artec industries. On Pirate Artec has a deal of the week and many times it's a variation of one of these crates, maybe keep an eye on their thread and wait until the one you want comes up on sale.
those are plenty cool, but what to do with a leaky bottle?
At least with me, it could be the change of altitude and temps, I never thought of that.
I go interstate all the time and I go thru temps ranging from 115 and down to -15. and from sea level to 10k feet.
I need to put them in one of those plastic tubs I have laying around in my garage doing nothing.
I've never had any issues with oil containers but I sure wish that anti-freeze bottles had a better method for sealing the cap rather than the pice of cradboard or whatever it is. I like to keep a gallon of water in an anti-freeze container and once in a while the container will fall over and leak from that stupid cap/seal. I've thought about cutting a thin piece of rubber to replace the cardboard seal.
