Should I buy this thingy?
I still have this JC Whitney gift certificate hanging around from Christmas. I went looking for an oil drain pan and I found this:
https://www.jcwhitney.com/GARAGE-PRO-...7856_10101.jcw Quote:
Any guesses about whether it will work on the heavy gear oil in my truck's differential? I'd love to suck the oil out instead of taking off the cover, though I should probably open it up to inspect it anyway. |
i wonder if it would leave debris behind in the pan?
ya gotta get underneath to change the filter anyway! |
NO!
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yup, forgot about high placed filters.
i miss my saturn, 'cause changing to AT fluid and filter was a piece of cake. drain plug and screw on filter just like servicing the motor. i could get that filter from under the hood. |
Well, that answers that question. :)
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You're welcome...
-Jay |
looks like crap. a drill pump is very useful for flushing an auto trans out though.
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If you used Synlube would wouldn't have to change your oil... but seriously get yourself a remote control petcock for the drain plug. You really want to drain the oil pan so you get the junk that sits at the bottom of the pan and drain plug hole. I have heard that Service centers like in dealers pump the oil out the dipstick tube with a pump so they don't have to get under the engine at all . . . no fishing the drain plug out of the drain pan or cleaning it off, stripping the threads etc. I am so glad I don't have to do that any more!
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One point to think about is where is the dipstick in relation to the lowest point of the sump.
If one is above the other then all the oil should be taken out but if it is on the opposite corner you may have some residual which is not able to be removed. Personally I tried this at a service (gas) station years ago and it was not successful. Even with hot oil the amount taken out was only about 85% of the sump capacity. Just my thoughts. Pete. |
I still like the idea of removing the plug to be sure all the oil gets drained and any metal shavings that might be in the oil pan drains out with the old oil.
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if u dont want stripped threads dont go to walmart! i would avoid that pump OP... |
I do mine the old fashioned way. I just get underneith and do it since I can't even see my oil filter from the top anyway. So for me it would not be convenient since I have to get under there anyway. I also lube and inspect everything under there that I can while I am rolling around there on the creeper anyway.
But for your application it might work since you said you could do everything from the top. So if you decide to get it, let us know how it works. |
No, I couldn't do everything from the top, someone else said that they could. I would still have to crawl under for the filter but it could be significantly less hassle.
No big deal, I'll continue doing it the normal way. |
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