Old oil extractor

[Boondox]

I have two small engines (mower and log splitter) that have no oil drain plugs. For the mower I simply turn it upside down and let the dirty oil drain out the dipstick tube, but the splitter weighs a bit so that approach is impractical. The splitter manual refers to a suction device, but I can't find one.

Right now I'm using a lamb feeding tube on the end of a large syringe to suck the dirty oil out 30cc at a time. Is there a better way?

Pete

 

[hazmat]

<font color="blue"> Is there a better way?

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Yes

Topsider oil extractor (made by bigboy). Try marine store if automotive doesn't have it.

 

[Bird]

I use this suction gun from NAPA.

 

[1bush2hog]

Any auto parts store and also Sears have suction devices from basic to elaborate to assist you.

 

[ronjhall]

Pete
There is a better way. But it cost.
I have a Jabsco oil changer that is a bucket and 12 volt pump for my boat oil changes. Works great. But cost over $150.
For your small engines a small suction gun like Bird suggest should work great.
Just make sure the engine oil is hot when you try to suck it out.

 

[SPIKER]

here ya go!



http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=45403

Mark M /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[Boondox]

I knew you guys would help! Thanks! I'd gone to several of our local auto parts stores but all they had were special order rigs running $400+. Overkill for a mower. Sears is a bit of a drive, but now that I know what they look like I'll drive to the big city and check out Sears and the marine supply store. If that fails, I'll be free of my obligation to buy locally and will go with Harbor Freight.

Thanks again! I had visions of suspending the log splitter upside down from my FEL! /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

Pete

 

[MicroPilot]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( ...Thanks again! I had visions of suspending the log splitter upside down from my FEL! /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

Pete )</font>

That would work too, and it's free. Of course you don't get another toy -ER- tool!!! /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[DiskDoctr]

Pete,

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30cc at a time? /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

Yeah, that's enough to make anyone say, "The heck with this, I'm going in and play on my computer."

Just goes to show that knowledge isn't a simple accumulation of data, it's a collection of knowers. And there are lots of knowers here...

-JC

 

[Egon]

Pete:

A cheap sand baster and your air compressor would work. Put the suction tube in the engine fill plug and direct the nozzle into a small hole in the lid of a larger pail. Make sure there are two holes in the lid to let air escape and don't stand overtop of the lid.

This device can also be used with hot water and soap as a low pressure washer.

They are not very expensive if you don't require the high quality spray tip used in sand blasting.

Egon

 

[RalphVa]

Get on this web site: http://www.countryhomeproducts.com/

They have a vacuum device, incl. tank, that costs about $50, as I recall.

Make sure you start the engine and warm it up good. Any suction gizmo usually has a relatively small suction line because a lot of them are designed to be inserted into oil dipstick points.

Mercedes Benz dealers say this is the way they change oil and than the Benz engines are designed for this. Their oil filters drain oil to the sump. Even on my old 1983, this is the case.

Ralph

 

[thcri]

I have this little pump that you put on your drill that works really good. I got it from the place I bought my boat. Any boat place will have them as for I/O's that is about the only way to change the oil. Again as said earlier best to have the oil warm.

murph

 

[RussA]

Boondox:

I have used a LiquiVac vacuum oil extractor for about the past two years to drain the oil in autos, trucks, mowers and other small engines. It will work on any engine that will allow the drain tube to reach the bottom of the oil pan. The only engines it won't work on are those without unobstructed access to the oil sump such as on some ATV's. It is plastic and less cumbersome than the Topsider and similar extractors. I got mine from Northern Tool > http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=6970&langId=-1&catalogId=4006970&PHOTOS=on&productId=465467&categoryId=0 < but it is sold by many vendors on the internet and sometimes turn up on eBay.