Oil Extactor for doing oil change

[purplezr2]

What is everyone using.

Will mostly be used for doing watercraft.

 

[will335i]

I have the Schwaben 6.5L fluid extractor that I got for my BMW. I used it to change the oil on my buddies Baja and it worked out pretty well.

I assume it is the same as other imports that companies slap their name on.

 

[hollywoodbusa]

I really like my mityvac 7201. Works great.

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[rlitman]

I made my own from scratch:
https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=321869

 

[Qualitytools]

Here is one to consider:

No first hand experience but a reliable source.

 

[ajchien]

I really like my mityvac 7201. Works great.

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I’ve got that one also. Not sure about any others, but this one can pump in as well as extract.

 

[purplezr2]

So I debated between the 7300 and 7201 Mityvac.

One being pneumatic vacuum and the other being hand vacuum and dispense.

I went with the 7300 Pneumatic version. I will review once in hand.

 

[lis2323]

Here’s mine




They might no longer be in business.

 

[Cryptic1911]

don't buy one of the hand pump kind.. they work, but they ****. I would only recommend an air operated one

 

[jshillin]

I use the Holt from HF. Got it on-sale.

https://www.harborfreight.com/23-gallon-manual-fluid-extractor-62643.html

2 of my 4 vehicles have oil filters on top, so it didn't make sense to climb under to pull the drain plug. I love that thing though, oil change takes maybe 10 minutes in total and I never have to get under it.

 

[lis2323]

don't buy one of the hand pump kind.. they work, but they ****. I would only recommend an air operated one

Do you mean they ****......but not very well?

 

[Cryptic1911]

Do you mean they ****......but not very well?

correct

 

[bpjr]

I've had a Topsider brand for 15ish yrs. For occasional home use it works fine but is slow. It's a 2 gal metal tank with pump and pickup tube attachments that screw into the fill and pour spouts. Insert the pickup into the dipstick hole, pump up vacuum and come back in 10 mins. It's portable and doesn't need electrics or air supply. Not intended for speed or commercial use but has worked perfectly every time.

 

[gnpenning]

I got this off eBay for less than $100 shipped. The top is a normal drain the clear is for the siphon part. You can see the 5 different sizes for suction they can be made longer if needed. Can be used for ps pumps, diff's, transfer cases, transmissions and engine oil etc.

Sorry no link.

 

[jgromada]

i have had a Top Sider for a while and all of a sudden i couldn't get good suction.

I still use the tank to collect and store the old oil but bought one of these (not this exact one but a similar no name) This has worked out pretty well, no complaints and it was cheap! Certainly less than the Top SIder originally was. I had looked into getting replacement seals but that was way too expensive for what you were getting.

 

[redmondjp]

Do you mean they ****......but not very well?

I have two of them and they work just fine. I think it depends upon how much fluid you have to remove. The hand pump ones will easily pull 8 quarts of oil out on one pump-up (you pump the handle until there is no more resistance, indicating that you have a good vacuum inside, and then let it do its thing).

It is critical that your suction hose line be completely sealed and I will admit that the rubber connections between the different-sized plastic tubes that come with the units are kind of chintzy. Typically you can replace with truck air line tubing and just have one long hose with no splices or joints in it, which may require one reducer or a change to the air hose fitting on the pump end.

Now if you are trying to remove 5 gallons at a time, well that's another story as most of those hand-pump ones don't hold that much liquid.

 

[mcdye]

I use this Jabsco 17850-1012 DIY Engine Oil Change System, 3.5 Gallon Capacity, 12 Volt for my boat. I drain 3 different fluids (Engine oil, Transmission, VDrive) in about 10 minutes. It is pricey now days, but it does **** hot or cold fluids. It has paid for itself versus having a dealer do it.

 

[Mr onetwo]

Plus 1 on the pneumatic Mityvac...great tool

 

[AffableCurmudgeon]

I bought one from West Marine about 20 years ago. It is a manual pump. Looks like the one in #6 above. Still going strong after all these years. I use it a lot.

 

[N_Jay]

I went with the $50 ebay electric pump kit.
The $20 plastic ones looked too cheap to me.
Works well, and lumps right into whatever bottle I am using take the oil to the drop-off spot.

 

[908Jim]

+1 for the Mityvac 7201. I've had it for a year so far and it's been great on my two vehicles with topside oil filters.

 

[tak1313]

I have one, but so far have never used it. Something deep down (no pun intended) my gut says that sucking doesn't get all the muck that draining does. It's probably my imagination since, after all there IS a filter, but I have a pretty good imagination.

Plus FOR ME, the filters on our stuff are all underside, so I have to crawl under there anyway. If I had something where the filter was topside, I would likely be more apt to use it.

I got it because it was on sale on JB Tools, and I needed to add stuff for free shipping. Don't remember what brand it is, but I know it's one that has a manual pump and air hose attachment (for vacuum) so can such both ways.

 

[N_Jay]

I have one, but so far have never used it. Something deep down (no pun intended) my gut says that sucking doesn't get all the muck that draining does. It's probably my imagination since, after all there IS a filter, but I have a pretty good imagination.

Plus FOR ME, the filters on our stuff are all underside, so I have to crawl under there anyway. If I had something where the filter was topside, I would likely be more apt to use it.

I got it because it was on sale on JB Tools, and I needed to add stuff for free shipping. Don't remember what brand it is, but I know it's one that has a manual pump and air hose attachment (for vacuum) so can such both ways.

If you are using good oil and changing hot, there should be no "Muck"

 

[tak1313]

If you are using good oil and changing hot, there should be no "Muck"

I know it's my imagination - but like I said, I mostly haven't used it because I have to get under the car anyway. If I was the type to NOT change the filter at every change, I would likely use it for those times, but I change filters every time.

 

[dscheidt]

I have two of them and they work just fine. I think it depends upon how much fluid you have to remove. The hand pump ones will easily pull 8 quarts of oil out on one pump-up (you pump the handle until there is no more resistance, indicating that you have a good vacuum inside, and then let it do its thing).

It is critical that your suction hose line be completely sealed and I will admit that the rubber connections between the different-sized plastic tubes that come with the units are kind of chintzy. Typically you can replace with truck air line tubing and just have one long hose with no splices or joints in it, which may require one reducer or a change to the air hose fitting on the pump end.

Now if you are trying to remove 5 gallons at a time, well that's another story as most of those hand-pump ones don't hold that much liquid.

My dad had one that he got in the 80s. We had a lawn mower that had an oil drain set up that you couldn't possibly use it. It worked great (the pumping up part sucked) for that, and other small engine stuff (sucked lots of bad gas out of lawn equipment other people threw away), but at some point the hose fell apart, and couldnt find a suitable replacement that would stand up to what I was trying to use it for.

 

[Junkdrawer Dog]

Pela 6000. Pulls 6 quarts in the time it takes me to finish a tall boy and a smoke.

 

[purplezr2]

So I debated between the 7300 and 7201 Mityvac.

One being pneumatic vacuum and the other being hand vacuum and dispense.

I went with the 7300 Pneumatic version. I will review once in hand.

So after just about 4 years, I have nothing but good things to say about the Mityvac.

I use it several times year typically with good results every time. I would definitely recommend.

 

[Motown]

I have one of these, it's pneumatic. works great so far. you have to get an adaptor for the air fitting, British thread to NPT.

Amazon.com

 

[Skiff Builder]

What is everyone using.

Will mostly be used for doing watercraft.

Relative gave me a Jabsco reversing oil pump mounted on top of bucket. **** it out , flick a switch and pump waste into a container for recycle. No muss, no fuss. I use it to empty the pan for transmission service on veh.

Amazon.com

Never used it on my boats. For my Cummins 6BT that had a hose plumbed to the oil pan, I used a drill pump on an M18 driver. Cheap/ small footprint/worked great too.

 

[tarmy]

I have used the Jabsco on the bucket one on boats for 20 years. Works great. They are clean , easy and simple to drain out by reversing the pump to pump the used oil into gallon jugs. Not cheap but the best I have found. 5 boats and the V drives as well.

 

[WWheeler]

Mines an EWK 6.5L, manual pump. Gets used a lot, not just by me, except I feel like I'm the only one who ever empties it. Works great.
Got it in 2011? Didn't realize I'd had it that long. Time flies.

 

[MarcSeattle]

I have the Schwaben 6.5L fluid extractor that I got for my BMW. I used it to change the oil on my buddies Baja and it worked out pretty well.

I assume it is the same as other imports that companies slap their name on.

I have that also, purchased from ECS Tuning. Mine is both hand pump + compressor operated. I just use the hand pump. It's quicker than waiting to get my compressor up to pressure. The whole process is very fast, easy and clean. This assumes a modern vehicle with the oil filter on top of the engine. I would have a different opinion if I had to get under the car for the filter.

 

[steves_001]

Have a "top sider" version and bought it to service the boat. Not a fan. Ended up still diving into the bilge to pull the plug. Now I have an ez oil drain plug I can just put a hose on and run it out the back. Much quicker.

 

[AEAdam]

If you are using good oil and changing hot, there should be no "Muck"

Bull. I’m with @tak1313. Why do an oil change at all? Why not just do a filter change instead.

Even a complete drain doesnt get rid of everything, as all of us who have dropped oil pans will attest to. There is almost always muck.

If you absolutely cannot drain your oil, I guess this is better than nothing. But in my mind, it’s very close to nothing. Oil darkens from heat. Dark oil isn’t necessarily dirty oil. The dirt, carbon, bearing materials, bits of your plastic timing belt guides all settle in the oil pan and need to come out. Unless you are vacuuming out your oil pan, which I don’t think these do…..

I think my local Jiffy Lube removes engine oil like this. That’s one more reason I don’t patronize Jiffy Lube.

If I could somehow only remove the muck in my oil pan, and change my filter and leave 90% of the oil, I think that would be better than this.

 

[dscheidt]

If I could somehow only remove the muck in my oil pan, and change my filter and leave 90% of the oil, I think that would be better than this.

You might think that, but you'd be wrong. Engine oil has a bunch of additives in it, which are used up or worn out. In systems with lots of oil, it's not uncommon to test the oil and replace the additives as they're depleted, but that's not really a thing for the six quarts in your engine sump. Oil is also adversely affected by heat, and few automotive applications have adequate oil cooling to prevent that. In air cooled applications, where the oil does lots of the heat transfer, it's positively cooked.

 

[N_Jay]

Bull. I’m with @tak1313. Why do an oil change at all? Why not just do a filter change instead.

Even a complete drain doesnt get rid of everything, as all of us who have dropped oil pans will attest to. There is almost always muck.

If you absolutely cannot drain your oil, I guess this is better than nothing. But in my mind, it’s very close to nothing. Oil darkens from heat. Dark oil isn’t necessarily dirty oil. The dirt, carbon, bearing materials, bits of your plastic timing belt guides all settle in the oil pan and need to come out. Unless you are vacuuming out your oil pan, which I don’t think these do…..

I think my local Jiffy Lube removes engine oil like this. That’s one more reason I don’t patronize Jiffy Lube.

If I could somehow only remove the muck in my oil pan, and change my filter and leave 90% of the oil, I think that would be better than this.

Oil additives definitely do get consumed and break down.
Replacing 95% of the oil is about 95% as good as replacing all the oil.
Gunk builds up over time from poor maintenance.
It doesn't just build up and sit at the bottom.