Anyone changed their oil this way?

This looks interesting

http://blog.bavauto.com/8511/changin...hod-diy-video/

I like the old fashioned way because it gets all the particles out and doesn't leave a cm or so of old oil in the pan.

I just did a quick search on BF.com and pretty much everyone says the extractor gets out more old oil than doing it the old fashioned way and using the drain plug on the oil pan.

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum...=Oil+extractor

http://www.m5board.com/vbulletin/e39...01-review.html

Says the e39 crowd. What do they know...

Really though, opening a hole at the lowest point of your bathtub drains better than sucking it out from an area that may not be the lowest point.

I guess if the oil drain plug was inaccessible or stripped or i couldn't crawl under due to injury then it would be good.

Originally Posted by paperplane94

I guess if the oil drain plug was inaccessible or stripped or i couldn't crawl under due to injury then it would be good.

id take it to the drivethrough oil change shop about 1 minute from my house if that was the case. how expencive is that vacuum pump thing!?

Mityvac 7201 was about $85 when I bought mine. My engine is a V8 so I needed the larger volume evaluator.

I should have bought this when I first got the car. It's saved me so much time, money, and headaches it ain't funny. It takes 15 minutes to change the oil and filter without so much as getting a grease spot on me. I like this tool a lot. Auto parts stores and some gas stations will take the used oil for free.

Hi all.

A different way indeed. It's all in the bucks spend. For me, and for me, open the drain and let it out.

Everything works, depends on what you like. Put hands on the grub and enjoy.

Best regards

I too, am a MV extractor user, not to mention as E39 Troll.

ThoreauHD is quite correct, it's beyond easy.
And, zero mess.
In the time it takes others to jack up the car, and drop the plug, I'm getting in the next 4qts.

As I have dropped an oil pan immediatly after using the extractor, I can tell you, more comes out.

This is also useful when it comes time to flush your brake fluid.

T

Exactly how does more come out?

Originally Posted by paperplane94

Exactly how does more come out?

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum...2&postcount=17

For starters, you do this method when the engine oil is warm (not hot), so the oil will suck right up with any sludge/debri that might be in there as well.

I did and will never do it again, this system is for lazy people (come at me bros) and anybody who says it gets more oil out is a great bull**** artist.

Not to mention that MitiVac units have around 40% defective rate (unit I got and my friend got initially had piss poor vac seal).

If you are too much of a woman to climb under the car and undo one bolt then enjoy dealing with this messy ass device, adjusting it 50 times while its trying to suck oil, pumping it and making sure its keeps sucking it etc. Then don't forget to clean the hoses of oil.

I will just jack it up, un do the bolt go chill out for 40 minutes come back do the bolt and go my way.

Originally Posted by 1995i540

I did and will never do it again, this system is for lazy people (come at me bros) and anybody who says it gets more oil out is a great bull**** artist.

Not to mention that MitiVac units have around 40% defective rate (unit I got and my friend got initially had piss poor vac seal).

If you are too much of a woman to climb under the car and undo one bolt then enjoy dealing with this messy ass device, adjusting it 50 times while its trying to suck oil, pumping it and making sure its keeps sucking it etc. Then don't forget to clean the hoses of oil.

I will just jack it up, un do the bolt go chill out for 40 minutes come back do the bolt and go my way.

Hey, quit beating around the bush and tell us what you really think

Lol

Originally Posted by 1995i540

I did and will never do it again, this system is for lazy people (come at me bros) and anybody who says it gets more oil out is a great bull**** artist.

Not to mention that MitiVac units have around 40% defective rate (unit I got and my friend got initially had piss poor vac seal).

If you are too much of a woman to climb under the car and undo one bolt then enjoy dealing with this messy ass device, adjusting it 50 times while its trying to suck oil, pumping it and making sure its keeps sucking it etc. Then don't forget to clean the hoses of oil.

I will just jack it up, un do the bolt go chill out for 40 minutes come back do the bolt and go my way.

i agree.

I can see the advantage for the E34 auto transmissions though, for those that have a dipstick.

Having never used one, but reading many threads like this one, I will stick with the old-fashioned method. I think both ways leave a trace amount behind- you will never, ever get the full amount of oil out.
When I dropped my oil pan after gravity draining the oil for 45 minutes, there was still about an 1/8th of a quart in the bottom of the pan. The area of the drain hole in the oil pan is about the same size (or larger) than the tube that goes down the dipstick tube for the MityVac, so they both have limitations in that sense.

Originally Posted by _Ethrty-Andy_

i agree.

I can see the advantage for the E34 auto transmissions though, for those that have a dipstick.

My E34 has a dipstick for the auto trans... It also has a drain bolt... Easy as pie to undo the drain bolt!

-Tim

Originally Posted by Tims_535

My E34 has a dipstick for the auto trans... It also has a drain bolt... Easy as pie to undo the drain bolt!

-Tim

Same for the M20. Just like changing the engine oil.

I think it is ideal for a car like mine that has oil filter access from the top. If you had to go underneath to get the filter, you might as well drop the oil from the bottom. If you do not have to get under the car, why would you, to prove manhood? LOL

These clearly work just as well as the old method, and clearly make the process much quicker and cleaner. I know people that have used them for years with no problems. I would have one but, I am cheap.

Allow me to retort. So you had the same vacuum seal that everyone else had, and you are the only one that is total fail.

Here is a hint. You are supposed to put oil on the valve- just like you are supposed to do on your oil filter cap.

I'm sorry that you weren't aware of this, while children were able to figure this out and post their results on YouTube. At least it gives us all comfort to know that Darwin is still working, despite welfare.

Originally Posted by 1995i540

I did and will never do it again, this system is for lazy people (come at me bros) and anybody who says it gets more oil out is a great bull**** artist.

Not to mention that MitiVac units have around 40% defective rate (unit I got and my friend got initially had piss poor vac seal).

If you are too much of a woman to climb under the car and undo one bolt then enjoy dealing with this messy ass device, adjusting it 50 times while its trying to suck oil, pumping it and making sure its keeps sucking it etc. Then don't forget to clean the hoses of oil.

I will just jack it up, un do the bolt go chill out for 40 minutes come back do the bolt and go my way.

And you would be dead wrong.

http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/sho...ight=empirical