Next message: Shaun Sweeney: "Re: lv-ab: cheap(er) boats"
Yes but... I know a fellow who used one of those for a couple of years and
is now having his engine rebuilt. Problem was that he was not sucking ALL
the oil out each time. Moral of the story... find out how much you engine
holds and then compare that to what you suck out.
> In answer to Brooke
> If you are a do-it-yourselfer buy a "topsider". It uses a vacuum pump,
> like a bicycle pump, to create a negative pressure in a sealed
> container. Sucks out you warm oil and lets you dump it at you marina
> collection point.
>
> The rig is very simple. Run you engine to warm the oil, pump the can 50
> times, stick the plastic hose down the dip stick hole, release the
> little stopper clip on the hose and walla, your oil gets sucked into the
>
> can. About 7 quarts in about 4 minutes. Unit cost is between $38 & 45
> US most everywhere.
>
> On a test conducted by myself on a onan generator, I found that the
> little sucker worked better than that of the drain plug. First I
> drained the oil from the plug and then still was able to suck more oil
> from the crank case with the sucker afterwards. On my big 454 engines,
> they don't even have a bottom drain so I have to use the dipstick
> access.
>
>
>
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