Lincoln Lubrication G525: Convenient 5 Quart Measuring Can with Flexible Spout Review

Beware of this can. The spout is so stiff that you can't even bend it enough to fit the end of the spout into the filler hole of a car engine valve cover. After my shaft was pulled out about 8 times, the spout broke and leaked all over the engine of the boat I was working on. The spout is nothing more than a bent, lightweight steel tube that doesn't need to be bent many times before it breaks. It's so stiff that the spout won't even fold back far enough to snap into the clip/holder on the side…

Poor quality overall! I am a professional auto repair shop. My tools and equipment need to be well made, efficient and easy to use. This article is not one of them. The worst problem is the "flexible" spout. The spout is made of semi-rigid plastic that will fight you no matter what you try to make it. When I first used it to add motor oil to a vehicle the spout was so flexible and flexible that I spilled some oil but almost spilled the entire 5 liters trying to control the plastic hose! I have…

Carl's review costs money. It cannot be shown in the picture. This is not the glass that many of us have been using for decades. It is a fake. In my photos, the other base and spout are clearly visible. The pouring material is a corrugated metal tube that needs to be bent to shape it. The old ones are a single strip of metal rolled into a flexible tube. If you wiggle the can instead of maintaining its rigid shape and popping out of the fill hole, the good ones will flex and the weight of the…