Good video but I have one recommendation - do the oil filter first. I have a similar car (2010 C300) and on most Mercedes with the oil filter on top of the engine, the oil filter housing is also a one-directional valve. So when you first remove the old oil filter the valve opens and more old oil will spill into the oil pan - and hence you’ll get more old oil out. So replace your oil filter as step 1. Then begin extracting. Even professional mechanics (whether they change oil the classic way or extraction way) will always do the oil filter first on. Mercedes. Maybe other cars also apply.
When pouring oil from 5qt or 1qt containers, turn the oil container flat/horizontal to pour a smoother consistency. Less chance of creating a mess or spill and you won't need a funnel anymore either after your first time.
From someone that has used this pump and the canister style evacuator, just spend the extra money on the canister. It’s self contained and so much cleaner.
Did this yesterday, ran the car for 10 minutes to get the oil warm, sucked the oil out and during this time removed the old filter, at the end when no more oil remained I took the suction pipe out of the dip stick hole and sucked the remaining from the oil filter bowl. Fitted a New filter and then filled with new oil. I actually added about 3/4 of a litre and then sucked this out just to make sure it flushed through and diluted any oil that I didn’t catch initially.. all in all it was about 40 minutes start to finish including me hunting for a 36mm socket ..
When filling with those 5L oil containers, pour with them on their sides. It will come out with a much steadier initial flow with far less chance of spilling everywhere. And I’ve been using a topsider for a couple of my cars and it works well, though this pump seems to get the job done much faster than the vacuum. Great video.
ATG & I recommend if the Tube (hose) is stuck and there is no way that you can pull it out. 1. Go under the car, remove the oil pan. I hope you know how to drain oil the regular way. 2. Locate the Oil Drain's Hole. 3. If you see the Tube then use a long nose plier to pull it out. Pull about 10 to 25mm, then cut the top Tube. 4. If you don't see the protruded Tube then get a long flexible rod & insert from the top (Oil's Dip Stick Hole). FYI. Don't run the engine too hot & work right away.
This might be the first time the engineers may have finally screwed over the dealerships accidentally. My local Lexus dealership went from $185 to well over $200 for oil changes on my LS460 a few months ago so I went to VIOC Valvoline Instant Oil Change yesterday also because the dealership was booked and they used an oil extraction machine. I hate oil getting all over me as well just like you so I do all my other maintenance myself and take my car to the dealer for oil changes. With this I may just start changing my own oil now.
Clear and to the point, great video! 👍 One thing to point out, I too don't desire to spend ~$80 for the "Suction" style oil change canisters, yet, with the "pump" it works great when the end of the hose is submerged under enough fluid, as soon as air is introduced to the the hose the slurping begins lacking the suction to pull as much oil out than the suction style (perhaps that remaining oil is insubstantial); just saying.. Anyhow, Thanks for the video.!
Bruh thank you for showing how to set this up, i could not figure mine out. i have been looking forever on how to setup the connectors, no one on youtube was showing how. thanks
For top fitted oil filters this is great but when oil filter is underneath you still need to jack the car up so might as well drain it the old fashion way
One benefit still for cars with the filter below is that you don't have to replace the drain plug gasket and it's a little cleaner since you can drain the oil directly into a container.
I bought the exact same, I love it. I use a clean empty 5qt oil jug so I know I'm getting most all of it. I dumped the first oil then saved the container I used for the new oil. You can see if it's filled as much as the new one I bought.
Great video. Here is a thought. Rather than pump the used oil into the drain pan, pump it into a 2.5 or 5 gallon container. Drill a hole in the cap and snake the tubing through the cap. Also obtain an extra cap to store the oil. This would make handling the used oil alot easier
I don't like using the cars battery so I bought a 12V/10amp Cigarette outlet power supply to run it. Replace the battery clamps on the pump with a 12V cigarette Adaptor. The power supply is rated 120W(Max 150W) and works perfectly. I also have a Mercedes , I like to do the oil filter first from hearing something about a drain back valve. And instead of sticking the hose down the dipstick tube I bought a rubber stopper from a hardware store, drilled a hole down the middle and inserted the hose thru it flush with the bottom of the stopper. The stopper fits in the top of the dipstick tube and seals it, then turn the pump on and all the oil gets sucked out, basically using the dipstick tube as the suction hose. The rubber stopper is 14mm bottom, 19mm top and 25mm long. I think the hole I drilled was around 5mm, which accepts the 6mm OD hose well. I'll set everything up, go for a 15 minute drive, and the oil temp seems about right for easy extraction. Can't rely on the cars temp gauge since coolant gets to operating temp much quicker than the oil heats up. Can always pull the dipstick and try to gauge the oils temp to see if it's hot enough. The nylon hoses are pretty durable and can handle high temps, much higher than oil gets to at normal operating temps. The main issue is just burning yourself with hot oil.
Why don't you get a spare car battery and charge it on a charger. With a Mercedes-Benz they have many small voltage things like circuits. I would never put a device like that on a M B. Battery for fear something electrical in the car going bad due to spike in voltage.
I did my yesterday, I have same extractor about 7 years I just bought new houses in Home Depot the original got too hard when you leave the old oil in not washing the hoses inside.. I also do the filter first heard it creates vacuum so I open all up together with the oil cap . And I also buy only mercedes filters it’s maybe $5 more but between buy the best for mercedes . Good video 👌 And when you there waiting for the oil to extract I usually wipe the engine with rag so it looks like new 😅
One of the reasons in removing the oil drain plug is that it has a magnet in it to catch any metal particles and its a useful too to see if something very small has broken off in the engine but has not been detected via other ways like your engine blowing up. That can happen!! Remember there is no reason to change the copper washer on the plug, just remove it and warm it up to cherry red and the washer is as good as new. Heating it anneals the copper and makes it soft again. No need for the garage to charge you 12 euros for a bloody washer! Personally I don't favour these little pumps as you don't get all of the oil out of the engine, there are a lot of places that oil resides in. the only way to change all the oil is to remove the drain plug and then flush through with engine flushing oil. The other important thing to bare in mind is to heat the engine up to around 45/ 50ºC so that the oil is thinner and flows into the pump more easily.
Great tips! I agree the drain method is superior since that how the car was designed. For me, it's convenient to do since i have 3 other cars to maintain 😆
@@CarFanatic I know the feeling and I dont have a lift!! , hence watching your vid, I may well get the pump or the vacuum one and do it myself, oil changes here in Spain are costing me about 150 each time, Thats around 500 every 6 to 9 months as two of the cars are turbo diesel, the third a jeep. I can buy the oil for 80 for all 3 and the filter for 15 euros for all 3 roughly a dollar per euro, The pump that seems to work best is the white tall cylinder that holds 6 litres more or less and in each of the videos I have seen you end up with about a cup of oil as against a litre with the electric pump... Interesting to watch thanks...
Wrong. Mercedes are literally designed to extract the oil through the dipstick. The oil filter is what traps all contaminants and is what you closely inspect for signs of metal wear. I'm holding an original Mercedes drain plug in my hand and it is in not way magnetic. And there's a reason they call it a crush washer, it crushes and forms a tight seal around the drain plug, they are 1 time use only. This is a how to video, so im sure most people doing there own oil will be smart enough to locate replacement crush washers for $1.49 while they are buying there Mobil 1 on sale. Most people don't have lifts so they will change there oil on ramps or jack stands, so the car isn't level and may not allow all the oil to be drained from the plug.
If he parked at downhill and warmed up 5mins, Engine Oil will be drained upto 97%. 3% oil will stuck at filter. Remember: Thin tube should be push all the way down inside the dipstick. Fact is I used this pump extractor.
DO NOT park on a slope to do this. The dip stick is at a low point of the sump and so is the drain plug which is at the lowest. You risk not removing all the oil if you are not on a fairly flat surface.
No. First take dipstick out and push extractor tube inside dipstick tube only lenght od dipstick, and maybe few mm more. Other else if you push into sump you Will make to Long and you wont extract nothing or it Will took long long time. I am using this method, and its quick and easy. No messy stuff.
Should definitely run the car a little bit to fill the oil filter with oil, turn the car off, then check the level again and fill to the correct level. Should actually fill to the top of the checkering on the dip stick.
As Said buy longer tube. They are few bucks. Or it was your mistake, and you push tube to far into sump. Push it only few mm longer than lenght of dipstick. Dont push and push till wont go anymore.
I've been changing my oil like this since forever. My oil filter is under the engine, but I've found that I only need to change that every third oil change if I do oil changes earlier than specifications, say after 8 000 instead of 12 000 miles.
Can extract oil with oil extractor immediately after shut off engine after travel around 10km? Because i see at the oil extractor manual, it mentioned, operating temperature for oil to extract at 40°c to 60°c. If too hot can damage the pump.
Great video DC! It sure is handy for a quick oil and filter service. I’ll look into that electric pump. I have 2 of the manual ones but being able to drain the waste oil directly into a bottle is super handy.
After I filled the oil, I used the pump to pump to spent oil into the container. I shouldn't have thrown away my old containers. If anything, the cheap pump is good for transferring oil as you mentioned. I don't think this method would not be as applicable to most Porsches. though. Thanks for watching Ben and hope you're doing well.
good idea I used the pump from harbor freight to get some transmission fluid that was overfilled out. the last oil change I had done the threads in the pan are shot so either teflon tape (which is what I used last time), a larger sized plug, or a new oil pan in order. I think I'll try this before any of those options.
Same here man, learning all this on my own and stripped my pan, gonna get that drain plug in there so it never comes out and take this route from now on
I've been using the manual pump that has a tank reservoir that the oil dumps into. It works good but it takes forever to drain my 2014 C250. I like this oil pump because it pumps faster so I just bought one. I wonder if I can use this on my 2009 Porsche 911 and stick the tube down from the oil filler?
I also considered that but someone tried and said they didn't get much oil out. It's simple enough to get to the drain bolt on the 997. Maybe I'll give it a shot just to see if it works. Thanks for watching and it looks like we have the same cars!
You can try and see how much oil you get out going through the filter hole. If you expect close to the oil capacity, you're good if not you'll have to do a normal drain. Just be sure the extractor tube doesn't get snagged on anything.
I might try one for draining my Nissan's CVT. They still have the tube that normally would be used to check the fluid just no dipstick any more. I guess they don't realize that some of us want to know what is going on in there and how filthy and nasty and dark the fluid has become over time. It is not like CVTs are maintenance free at all!! I wonder how many of them fail from a lack of maintenance considering that a lot of people are mislead by extremely long service intervals or the famous myth of lifetime fluids. CVTs have a fairly questionable reputation when it comes to reliability or the lack thereof.
I need to extract about half a quart off my engine oil because I put 5 quarts in a 4.4 capacity. Will this device do the job? Cause I don't want to do all that work of unplugging the drain plug.
You are not one that expect to get 100% out, right? Well, good luck when draining & fill your transmission fluid. Really Peter, you can leave your drain plug out for months & it will never drain all out.
Good video. However seeing the tube curled up like that makes me think it'll curl up in the dipstick tube and not get all the oil. I like the straight tubes better that come with the vacuum type extractors. Tell me what you think about that.
Plastic tubes have memory. They are shipped in a coil. This coil can be "undone" and the tube straightened before insertion. If the end of the tube is curved, it will remain curved after the end clears the oil tube shaft. If the end lifts from the bottom of the oil pan, it will not completely evacuate oil. So... ensure that any tube inserted down an oil check pipe is straight for the last 6 inches... heavier straight tubes are definitely better at this job.
And even if 100 ml or 150 ml of old oil is left, it's a drop when replacing 5 -7 qrts of new oil or synthetic. Don't think shops do a perfect emptying. Time is money. So, they will not wait for every drop. Don't stress about perfection. A few drops will not matter much.
I purchased $80 extractor but plastic tubing will only go in 11" and something is OBSTRUCTING tube from going in any further. Purchased copper tube but this does not WORK either. PLEASE HELP ME.
You could try sticking a flexible metal wire or something else in there to give the hose a little more strength so it didn't break when you pull it out.
After trying many things i kept twisting the pipe and insering further, it finally bent the other way, and I used the dip stick at same time to push down the bent section and it worked. I was so scared that i had ruined my engine. Thank God, it was all resolved. I would advise to put a red line of tape on the pipe in same length of dip stick before you insert it, to give you a warning...
@Car Fanatic looks like you never filled up transmission fluid before, I'll send you a link on how to do that with an electric pump instead of your old fashioned why of through a funnel. Lol
@Car Fanatic you laughed it off at me saying you just pour new oil in the fill hole. In most of the oil lube services departments, people will use a pneumatic system to refill the oil. I was only asking if you have used it to fill. I don't see anything funny about it.
@@MLS7012 ah sorry about that. I misunderstood what you were trying to say. I think in some instances your recommendation makes sense. This particular pump is too weak to pump in oil fast enough. It is much quicker to just pour the oil into the fill hole.
Am I thinking correctly? If you pull the dirt through the dipstick you are reversing the flow of the oil pulling all that dirt metal particles upward. Through the parts of the engine. So it seems to me a bad idea.
I presume it doesnt operates long enough to drain the battery? What power is your pump? I've seen 60w and 100w listed. Obviously the 100w will fo a quicker job
This seems great, but would love to know what you'd do with the two tubes during the months between oil changes. Do you leave them dirty, or do you pump a cleaning liquid through them? I am still doing my oil changes on my W203 by putting the front on a little ramp and draining the oil from underneath, but it's not something I enjoy doing. Would love to switch to this pumping approach instead.
They recommend flushing the pump with a small amount of new oil. But hey it won't break that easily either way. I would suggest some caps for the tubes cause things can get messy very quick when storing them.
Dont forged next time the oilfilter its a lot of slubb en open youre full Dopp thanks fore youre video ,only the slubb under the Carter pann dont i think its suck it
Keep the 5 qt jug from the last oil change and dump it straight into that when pulling from the engine, no more need for a contaminated container in the garage.
The splash guard is a pain. I drive hard, I need all that oil out of there. Have you ever used an oil separator? They’re pretty great, if you’ve got the room for one.
@@CarFanatic it connects to the valve cover vent line. You place it in-line, and it collects the frothy old oil that’s splattered around up there. Prolongs oil life and keeps your engine running cleaner. They’re pretty nifty.
To properly check oil by MB- after you put your oil in showing 1/4 up the stick 1-Get car up to temp- shut car off 2- set a 13 min timer- when car is turned off 3- check dip stick after timer is up 4- add oil till half way on stick repeat step. (13min cool downs)
you should remove oil filter before draining the oil. that can oil from oil filter housing drop to the bottom of engine and get almost all of the oil out.
No unfortunately because it doesn't have a dipstick tube. But the drain plug is so easy to reach without even lifting the car so it's not a big deal. Good question and thanks for watching!
@@CarFanatic Really? I have a 2009 Porsche 911 and I have to lift the rear end with a ramp to get to the oil drain plug. I did drop my car with some H & R springs so my car might sit a bit lower than yours.
Some cars it works better than removing the bolt, depends on where the bolt is on the pan. You'll never get all the oil out with either method. If you really want clean new oil, drain, then put in some cheap oil, drive around, drain again and put in your good stuff.
of course it will work that way but fill it via the oil filler cap so that you can ensure the oil gets to the cams and valves which it wont do if you fill it via the dip stick, youll end up starting the car with no oil in the top part of the engine and cause unnecessary wear to that area, obviously after 2 or 3 seconds the cars oil pump would have hopefully pushed the oil around but those first few seconds of the first start are important especially if its cold in which case keep the new oil in the house so it fills more easily.
I agree that would have been good to include. I can confirm that I have drained the oil from the pan to confirm and the pump did extract nearly all the oil.
Good video but I have one recommendation - do the oil filter first. I have a similar car (2010 C300) and on most Mercedes with the oil filter on top of the engine, the oil filter housing is also a one-directional valve. So when you first remove the old oil filter the valve opens and more old oil will spill into the oil pan - and hence you’ll get more old oil out. So replace your oil filter as step 1. Then begin extracting. Even professional mechanics (whether they change oil the classic way or extraction way) will always do the oil filter first on. Mercedes. Maybe other cars also apply.
When pouring oil from 5qt or 1qt containers, turn the oil container flat/horizontal to pour a smoother consistency. Less chance of creating a mess or spill and you won't need a funnel anymore either after your first time.
From someone that has used this pump and the canister style evacuator, just spend the extra money on the canister. It’s self contained and so much cleaner.
Did this yesterday, ran the car for 10 minutes to get the oil warm, sucked the oil out and during this time removed the old filter, at the end when no more oil remained I took the suction pipe out of the dip stick hole and sucked the remaining from the oil filter bowl. Fitted a New filter and then filled with new oil. I actually added about 3/4 of a litre and then sucked this out just to make sure it flushed through and diluted any oil that I didn’t catch initially.. all in all it was about 40 minutes start to finish including me hunting for a 36mm socket ..
Excellent tip. Thank you.
When filling with those 5L oil containers, pour with them on their sides. It will come out with a much steadier initial flow with far less chance of spilling everywhere. And I’ve been using a topsider for a couple of my cars and it works well, though this pump seems to get the job done much faster than the vacuum. Great video.
Thanks! I normally turn the containers side ways but I had a brain fart. Thanks for watching and glad the video was helpful!
ATG & I recommend if the Tube (hose) is stuck and there is no way that you can pull it out.
1. Go under the car, remove the oil pan. I hope you know how to drain oil the regular way.
2. Locate the Oil Drain's Hole.
3. If you see the Tube then use a long nose plier to pull it out. Pull about 10 to 25mm, then cut the top Tube.
4. If you don't see the protruded Tube then get a long flexible rod & insert from the top (Oil's Dip Stick Hole).
FYI. Don't run the engine too hot & work right away.
Hoping to try this on a power steering system tomorrow. Looks easy enough.
This might be the first time the engineers may have finally screwed over the dealerships accidentally. My local Lexus dealership went from $185 to well over $200 for oil changes on my LS460 a few months ago so I went to VIOC Valvoline Instant Oil Change yesterday also because the dealership was booked and they used an oil extraction machine. I hate oil getting all over me as well just like you so I do all my other maintenance myself and take my car to the dealer for oil changes. With this I may just start changing my own oil now.
Clear and to the point, great video! 👍
One thing to point out, I too don't desire to spend ~$80 for the "Suction" style oil change canisters, yet, with the "pump" it works great when the end of the hose is submerged under enough fluid, as soon as air is introduced to the the hose the slurping begins lacking the suction to pull as much oil out than the suction style (perhaps that remaining oil is insubstantial); just saying.. Anyhow, Thanks for the video.!
Whaat? They're both removing oil through *suction* -- whether manual or electrical.
@@cameraz99 Yeah,the comment didn't make sense
Bruh thank you for showing how to set this up, i could not figure mine out. i have been looking forever on how to setup the connectors, no one on youtube was showing how. thanks
Thanks guys. The economy being what it is, saving time and money is a great thing.
For top fitted oil filters this is great but when oil filter is underneath you still need to jack the car up so might as well drain it the old fashion way
One benefit still for cars with the filter below is that you don't have to replace the drain plug gasket and it's a little cleaner since you can drain the oil directly into a container.
So can't you use this on a car with the filter at the bottom to get the majority out first and not have so much to drain when removing the filter ?
Already got an oversized plug, so next change might need whole new pan - $992.70!!! So now I'm looking for someone to extract it instead.
I'm going to buy this and try it on my 2013 Infiniti FX37. Oil Filter located RH lower front of the engine.
Next time you pour your oil, rotate the jug on its side. It won’t gulp out and it’ll flow more smooth.
Great advice to treat your partner 😂
I bought the exact same, I love it. I use a clean empty 5qt oil jug so I know I'm getting most all of it. I dumped the first oil then saved the container I used for the new oil. You can see if it's filled as much as the new one I bought.
Great video. Here is a thought.
Rather than pump the used oil into the drain pan, pump it into a 2.5 or 5 gallon container. Drill a hole in the cap and snake the tubing through the cap. Also obtain an extra cap to store the oil. This would make handling the used oil alot easier
I always hold onto an old oil jug so I can empty my used oil into it.
I had a sealable drain pan, but it cracked.
He said he didn't have an empty container at that time
@@peterdarr383 That's ridiculous. He didn't have anything in his recycling or garbage?
@@drippingwax apparently not. I don't know if that qualifies as ridiculous to not have old garbage laying around.
Thanks, that was super easy, but I only needed it to remove excess oil since I put to much in. Excellent.
I don't like using the cars battery so I bought a 12V/10amp Cigarette outlet power supply to run it. Replace the battery clamps on the pump with a 12V cigarette Adaptor. The power supply is rated 120W(Max 150W) and works perfectly. I also have a Mercedes , I like to do the oil filter first from hearing something about a drain back valve. And instead of sticking the hose down the dipstick tube I bought a rubber stopper from a hardware store, drilled a hole down the middle and inserted the hose thru it flush with the bottom of the stopper. The stopper fits in the top of the dipstick tube and seals it, then turn the pump on and all the oil gets sucked out, basically using the dipstick tube as the suction hose. The rubber stopper is 14mm bottom, 19mm top and 25mm long. I think the hole I drilled was around 5mm, which accepts the 6mm OD hose well. I'll set everything up, go for a 15 minute drive, and the oil temp seems about right for easy extraction. Can't rely on the cars temp gauge since coolant gets to operating temp much quicker than the oil heats up. Can always pull the dipstick and try to gauge the oils temp to see if it's hot enough. The nylon hoses are pretty durable and can handle high temps, much higher than oil gets to at normal operating temps. The main issue is just burning yourself with hot oil.
Why don't you get a spare car battery and charge it on a charger.
With a Mercedes-Benz they have many small voltage things like circuits.
I would never put a device like that on a M B. Battery for fear something electrical in the car going bad due to spike in voltage.
My tube that suppose to extract the oil is stuck. Any advice of how to get it out?
I use the exact same extractor on everything. It's far better than the pump extractor. I use my old extractor container to pump out the old oil .
I did my yesterday, I have same extractor about 7 years I just bought new houses in Home Depot the original got too hard when you leave the old oil in not washing the hoses inside.. I also do the filter first heard it creates vacuum so I open all up together with the oil cap . And I also buy only mercedes filters it’s maybe $5 more but between buy the best for mercedes . Good video 👌
And when you there waiting for the oil to extract I usually wipe the engine with rag so it looks like new 😅
One of the reasons in removing the oil drain plug is that it has a magnet in it to catch any metal particles and its a useful too to see if something very small has broken off in the engine but has not been detected via other ways like your engine blowing up. That can happen!!
Remember there is no reason to change the copper washer on the plug, just remove it and warm it up to cherry red and the washer is as good as new. Heating it anneals the copper and makes it soft again. No need for the garage to charge you 12 euros for a bloody washer!
Personally I don't favour these little pumps as you don't get all of the oil out of the engine, there are a lot of places that oil resides in. the only way to change all the oil is to remove the drain plug and then flush through with engine flushing oil.
The other important thing to bare in mind is to heat the engine up to around 45/ 50ºC so that the oil is thinner and flows into the pump more easily.
Great tips! I agree the drain method is superior since that how the car was designed. For me, it's convenient to do since i have 3 other cars to maintain 😆
@@CarFanatic I know the feeling and I dont have a lift!! , hence watching your vid, I may well get the pump or the vacuum one and do it myself, oil changes here in Spain are costing me about 150 each time, Thats around 500 every 6 to 9 months as two of the cars are turbo diesel, the third a jeep.
I can buy the oil for 80 for all 3 and the filter for 15 euros for all 3 roughly a dollar per euro, The pump that seems to work best is the white tall cylinder that holds 6 litres more or less and in each of the videos I have seen you end up with about a cup of oil as against a litre with the electric pump... Interesting to watch thanks...
Wrong. Mercedes are literally designed to extract the oil through the dipstick. The oil filter is what traps all contaminants and is what you closely inspect for signs of metal wear. I'm holding an original Mercedes drain plug in my hand and it is in not way magnetic. And there's a reason they call it a crush washer, it crushes and forms a tight seal around the drain plug, they are 1 time use only. This is a how to video, so im sure most people doing there own oil will be smart enough to locate replacement crush washers for $1.49 while they are buying there Mobil 1 on sale. Most people don't have lifts so they will change there oil on ramps or jack stands, so the car isn't level and may not allow all the oil to be drained from the plug.
@@CarFanatic Actually, the Benz dealers use the suction method. Too much labor to take off the covers, etc.
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If he parked at downhill and warmed up 5mins, Engine Oil will be drained upto 97%. 3% oil will stuck at filter.
Remember: Thin tube should be push all the way down inside the dipstick.
Fact is I used this pump extractor.
DO NOT park on a slope to do this. The dip stick is at a low point of the sump and so is the drain plug which is at the lowest. You risk not removing all the oil if you are not on a fairly flat surface.
Are you parking facing uphill or facing downhill?
No. First take dipstick out and push extractor tube inside dipstick tube only lenght od dipstick, and maybe few mm more. Other else if you push into sump you Will make to Long and you wont extract nothing or it Will took long long time. I am using this method, and its quick and easy. No messy stuff.
Should definitely run the car a little bit to fill the oil filter with oil, turn the car off, then check the level again and fill to the correct level. Should actually fill to the top of the checkering on the dip stick.
I bought one just like that from Amazon but couldn’t get the hose deep enough to pump. Any ideas ?
Buy longer tubing.
As Said buy longer tube. They are few bucks. Or it was your mistake, and you push tube to far into sump. Push it only few mm longer than lenght of dipstick. Dont push and push till wont go anymore.
I've been changing my oil like this since forever. My oil filter is under the engine, but I've found that I only need to change that every third oil change if I do oil changes earlier than specifications, say after 8 000 instead of 12 000 miles.
I'm sold. I'll use your link and order the extractor now. Thanks for the video!
Can extract oil with oil extractor immediately after shut off engine after travel around 10km? Because i see at the oil extractor manual, it mentioned, operating temperature for oil to extract at 40°c to 60°c. If too hot can damage the pump.
Yeah that's what I do.
When water is at 70° oil should be at 40-50 °c
I always do this. Just let's say 3 kilometers in winter and even less in summer.
This perfect for apartments and public lots
Great video DC! It sure is handy for a quick oil and filter service. I’ll look into that electric pump. I have 2 of the manual ones but being able to drain the waste oil directly into a bottle is super handy.
After I filled the oil, I used the pump to pump to spent oil into the container. I shouldn't have thrown away my old containers. If anything, the cheap pump is good for transferring oil as you mentioned. I don't think this method would not be as applicable to most Porsches. though. Thanks for watching Ben and hope you're doing well.
good idea I used the pump from harbor freight to get some transmission fluid that was overfilled out. the last oil change I had done the threads in the pan are shot so either teflon tape (which is what I used last time), a larger sized plug, or a new oil pan in order. I think I'll try this before any of those options.
Same here man, learning all this on my own and stripped my pan, gonna get that drain plug in there so it never comes out and take this route from now on
The one that i use,says,flush oil pump through with Diesel to clean it out when finished.
That sounds like a great idea
I've been using the manual pump that has a tank reservoir that the oil dumps into. It works good but it takes forever to drain my 2014 C250. I like this oil pump because it pumps faster so I just bought one. I wonder if I can use this on my 2009 Porsche 911 and stick the tube down from the oil filler?
I also considered that but someone tried and said they didn't get much oil out. It's simple enough to get to the drain bolt on the 997. Maybe I'll give it a shot just to see if it works. Thanks for watching and it looks like we have the same cars!
you would never get down to the sump through the oil filler hole.
nice no need for oil drain pan just straight into bottles. once one filled. pause extractor then another bottle. clean efficient
Where do you insert the tube on a car that Does not have a dipstick? Can you run it down the the hole in the filter housing?
You can try and see how much oil you get out going through the filter hole. If you expect close to the oil capacity, you're good if not you'll have to do a normal drain. Just be sure the extractor tube doesn't get snagged on anything.
I got one but it will not pump much oil, seems I can't get the small tube down the dipstick hole enough.
Why can’t my tube get through the dipstick tube to the oil pan ?? 2022 Malibu
Great video, nice to have the oil filter/cartridge on the top side. I still need to jack/ramp up to change my oil filter at the bottom.
Since most bottom filters are at the front of the car, I haven't had to jack the car up to reach it; so far.
I might try one for draining my Nissan's CVT. They still have the tube that normally would be used to check the fluid just no dipstick any more. I guess they don't realize that some of us want to know what is going on in there and how filthy and nasty and dark the fluid has become over time. It is not like CVTs are maintenance free at all!! I wonder how many of them fail from a lack of maintenance considering that a lot of people are mislead by extremely long service intervals or the famous myth of lifetime fluids. CVTs have a fairly questionable reputation when it comes to reliability or the lack thereof.
I wonder if this works on transmission oil
Did that take out ALL the oil ?
Why would it? Do coolant and transmission changes take out ALL of the oil? No.
Great review thank you very much
Hi
Can i change oil for my 2008 turbo by extraction
Thanks
How about if your car don't have a dipstick to
Do i need to run the engine while turning on the extractor? Thanks
Hope is joke? Running Engine without oil is realy bad idea
How should/can I clean the pump after use?
Just wipe the outside. You don't need to clean the internals. If it breaks down the line, just buy a new one.
Temperature of the oil ?
I need to extract about half a quart off my engine oil because I put 5 quarts in a 4.4 capacity. Will this device do the job? Cause I don't want to do all that work of unplugging the drain plug.
Yes it will
@@CarFanatic
Yeah I just actually finished the job. The device worked well.
What size socket do you have for the oil filter? I have a '13 C250, base model...
It's a 27mm socket!
Does leaving 0.3 - 0.4 quarts of the old oil inside not bother you?
No
You are not one that expect to get 100% out, right?
Well, good luck when draining & fill your transmission fluid.
Really Peter, you can leave your drain plug out for months & it will never drain all out.
After you use this extractor, how do you clean it off?
Daaa, on your pants
Good video. However seeing the tube curled up like that makes me think it'll curl up in the dipstick tube and not get all the oil. I like the straight tubes better that come with the vacuum type extractors. Tell me what you think about that.
Plastic tubes have memory. They are shipped in a coil. This coil can be "undone" and the tube straightened before insertion. If the end of the tube is curved, it will remain curved after the end clears the oil tube shaft. If the end lifts from the bottom of the oil pan, it will not completely evacuate oil. So... ensure that any tube inserted down an oil check pipe is straight for the last 6 inches... heavier straight tubes are definitely better at this job.
And even if 100 ml or 150 ml of old oil is left, it's a drop when replacing 5 -7 qrts of new oil or synthetic. Don't think shops do a perfect emptying. Time is money. So, they will not wait for every drop. Don't stress about perfection. A few drops will not matter much.
I purchased $80 extractor but plastic tubing will only go in 11" and something is OBSTRUCTING tube from going in any further. Purchased copper tube but this does not WORK either. PLEASE HELP ME.
Dipstick?
I assume its not recommended to have a magnetic plug if you change oil like this since i cant wipe the plug off
Magnetic plug is a gimmic, the oil filter should be catching all contaminates.
That little pump will start leaking after awhile but it will work still
hey , i pushed my plastic pipe too deep in my jetta dipstick pipe and now its stuck, anyone found a solution to this ?
You could try sticking a flexible metal wire or something else in there to give the hose a little more strength so it didn't break when you pull it out.
After trying many things i kept twisting the pipe and insering further, it finally bent the other way, and I used the dip stick at same time to push down the bent section and it worked. I was so scared that i had ruined my engine. Thank God, it was all resolved. I would advise to put a red line of tape on the pipe in same length of dip stick before you insert it, to give you a warning...
Can you do a “how to” video on an oil change for a Porsche 992?
Why didn't you use the pump to fill the new oil in?
Because you just pour the new oil into the fill hole lol
@Car Fanatic looks like you never filled up transmission fluid before, I'll send you a link on how to do that with an electric pump instead of your old fashioned why of through a funnel. Lol
@@MLS7012 sorry, there may be some confusion here. Are you referring to the transmission fluid? In this video, I'm changing out the engine oil.
@Car Fanatic you laughed it off at me saying you just pour new oil in the fill hole. In most of the oil lube services departments, people will use a pneumatic system to refill the oil. I was only asking if you have used it to fill. I don't see anything funny about it.
@@MLS7012 ah sorry about that. I misunderstood what you were trying to say. I think in some instances your recommendation makes sense. This particular pump is too weak to pump in oil fast enough. It is much quicker to just pour the oil into the fill hole.
Am I thinking correctly? If you pull the dirt through the dipstick you are reversing the flow of the oil pulling all that dirt metal particles upward. Through the parts of the engine. So it seems to me a bad idea.
Definitely quicker and easier and much more convenient, but what about the contaminants at the bottom? Those are still there.
minimum left in the pan. There's videos explaining this.
You have the hoses on the extractor backwards. Look at the instructions. I have this same unit.
Why not put the new oil into the motor with the same pump or buy another pump for clean oil
I presume it doesnt operates long enough to drain the battery?
What power is your pump? I've seen 60w and 100w listed. Obviously the 100w will fo a quicker job
I'm not sure, but it works pretty fast! I definitely recommend it.
My extractor gets essentially all the oil out of my VW 2.0T Arteon, but on the wife's RDX (Honda 2.0T engine) it leaves nearly a quart behind.
You could have used your oil oil extractor pump to put the new oil in the engine.
This seems great, but would love to know what you'd do with the two tubes during the months between oil changes. Do you leave them dirty, or do you pump a cleaning liquid through them? I am still doing my oil changes on my W203 by putting the front on a little ramp and draining the oil from underneath, but it's not something I enjoy doing. Would love to switch to this pumping approach instead.
They recommend flushing the pump with a small amount of new oil. But hey it won't break that easily either way. I would suggest some caps for the tubes cause things can get messy very quick when storing them.
Forgot to car the car and recheck level
Great video
Def getting mine
Hi handsome great video. ❤ And product review
Dont forged next time the oilfilter its a lot of slubb en open youre full Dopp thanks fore youre video ,only the slubb under the Carter pann dont i think its suck it
Keep the 5 qt jug from the last oil change and dump it straight into that when pulling from the engine, no more need for a contaminated container in the garage.
The splash guard is a pain. I drive hard, I need all that oil out of there.
Have you ever used an oil separator? They’re pretty great, if you’ve got the room for one.
I haven't used one of those before. What does it do?
@@CarFanatic it connects to the valve cover vent line. You place it in-line, and it collects the frothy old oil that’s splattered around up there. Prolongs oil life and keeps your engine running cleaner.
They’re pretty nifty.
@@CarFanatic he is describing an "Oil Catch Can"
It would be nice if you can try that on the Porsche 997, I will definitely get one if it could be used on the 997.👍
Thnx
great idea
To properly check oil by MB- after you put your oil in showing 1/4 up the stick
1-Get car up to temp- shut car off
2- set a 13 min timer- when car is turned off
3- check dip stick after timer is up
4- add oil till half way on stick repeat step. (13min cool downs)
Amazing!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻❤️
Could you also use the oil extractor to add the new oil from the bottle of oil to the filler tube?
IS changing the filter necessary?
Oh yeah. The filter is what keeps the containments from circulating in the oil which would cause engine wear.
Would this work on your 997.2?
I don't think so but it will make for an interesting experiment. 😁
you should remove oil filter before draining the oil. that can oil from oil filter housing drop to the bottom of engine and get almost all of the oil out.
How do you clean tubing????
Do you get another empty can and run water through other side tubbing???
You don't remove the dirtiest oil from the bottom of the pan in the extraction method
That's why you run the engine until it gets to operating temperature first and then drain the oil with the extractor.
Are u using this fir your 997 also?
No unfortunately because it doesn't have a dipstick tube. But the drain plug is so easy to reach without even lifting the car so it's not a big deal. Good question and thanks for watching!
@@CarFanatic Really? I have a 2009 Porsche 911 and I have to lift the rear end with a ramp to get to the oil drain plug. I did drop my car with some H & R springs so my car might sit a bit lower than yours.
That makes sense!
Not a fan of a process that leaves ~300ml (according to this vid) in the pan.
Some cars it works better than removing the bolt, depends on where the bolt is on the pan. You'll never get all the oil out with either method. If you really want clean new oil, drain, then put in some cheap oil, drive around, drain again and put in your good stuff.
Nice device, how often do you change your oil?
I do it every 5k miles to be safe.
Great video, thank you 👍🏻
Just buy a oil extractor from Harbor Freight. Its actually made for doing just this.
To the gym immediately :)
I bought the exact pump and it sucked
I have this pump…. It’s slow
Any reason why you could not use this to fill the engine with oil? I buy 20L oil and this would make it easier.
of course it will work that way but fill it via the oil filler cap so that you can ensure the oil gets to the cams and valves which it wont do if you fill it via the dip stick, youll end up starting the car with no oil in the top part of the engine and cause unnecessary wear to that area, obviously after 2 or 3 seconds the cars oil pump would have hopefully pushed the oil around but those first few seconds of the first start are important especially if its cold in which case keep the new oil in the house so it fills more easily.
Then pull the drain plug and see how much oil is left. You would be better off taking it somewhere
I've tried that and there isn't much oil left. The pump does a good job on this vehicle.
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you are supposed to start car after adding the oil then shut off car then check oil . You never started the car
I wanted to like your video but I couldn’t because you told me to smash the subscribe and now my phone is dead.
Lol user error.
Am I the only one that would like him to drain the oil from the pan just to verify all the oil was drained out?
I agree that would have been good to include. I can confirm that I have drained the oil from the pan to confirm and the pump did extract nearly all the oil.
Im using a drill pump lol