Woohoo~ My Pela Oil Extractor arrived!!!

[aquadorhj]

Pela 6000!  Just in time for pre-winter oil change.

I recently changed oil in my honda fit, and cranking the tire-changer jack is too tiring, so I ordered oil extractor
Smart, eh?

 

Now, i can change oil without having to jack up the car!!!  ..  i still think i need aluminum jack, but that will come later.

Anyone used this before?   I've read from some automotive forums that people use this with success, so i got it.

got a good deal too, 6L model for $50, from downsar marine supply store online. (it's canadian store, to boot!@!!)

I'll report back in couple of weeks after my first oil change, eh!!

here's a pic.  (not my car, just found online.)

[DanYanoff]

Did it come with a filter extractor too? 

[21Rouge]

I bet it will work out just fine for you but some oil fill holes are such that they bend sharply and so cant accommodate the insertion of the plastic tube.

[airbalancer]

They usually work just fine,
Wish my truck had an oil filter that I could get to easily, like the BMW, up front and on top of the engine

[johngenx]

I so wish that the Japanese had copied the Germans on putting the oil filter on top and front.  Of course, then with an extractor, it's simple to do at home, and contrary to hosing people.

[mmret]

At least they were nice enough to make cars that don't break.

[articsteve]

Anyone used this before?   I've read from some automotive forums that people use this with success,

Define success 

They are used out of necessity.  I am forced to use one on my boat.  Leaves quite a bit of residual oil in the crankcase and I'm sure bits and pieces of this and that which should really be drained out.  If you like engine sludge these things will get you there.

The only pure method is to get the motor hot, remove the oil pan plug and let it drain for at least an hour.

[johngenx]

I used an extraction device for all the oil changes on all my MB cars over the years.  At first, I was skeptical, so I'd drop the drain plug, and wait. And wait.  Nothing would come out.

I would do the oil change with the engine warm, and never had any trouble getting all the oil out.

[safristi]

    So one likes a stomach pump the other a good sh*t DUMP.......... .............


 how does the tube extract the last drop of oil...........ever try to get the last 10% out of those pump soap dispensers.....................

[ktm525]

  So one likes a stomach pump the other a good sh*t DUMP.......... .............


 how does the tube extract the last drop of oil...........ever try to get the last 10% out of those pump soap dispensers.....................

The key is to land the intake opening at the very bottom. On my extractor I cut the tube at an angle so when the intake hits the bottom of the oil pan it is not sealed off.

You should have truly known.

[safristi]

"the key is"..................U mean the "MAGIC TRICK IS" to see thru metal and find the
Very bottom of a dark cave.................................boy do i have a swampSUMP'in  fer U......

[ktm525]

"the key is"..................U mean the "MAGIC TRICK IS" to see thru metal and find the
Very bottom of a dark cave.................................boy do i have a swampSUMP'in  fer U......

Very easy if you have a long enough tube.... The dipstick resisdes in the oilpan which is the lowest part of the engine. Most oilpans are flat. Insert tube, "touch bottom", bingo you are there. While extracting move suction around a bit to confirm.

Done.

[safristi]

"if U have a long enuf tube"..............for those so blessed it would seem U also have to be a DENTIST's ASSISTANT to get that lil "SUCKER" in the right place........... ...............drop TROW and let it all flow out......who said that......some guy who Invented APPLE!!!! ......

[tpl]

This thread is beginning to sound like an old joke about two men pissing off a bridge. One says  Man the water sure is cold... and the other say yep and there is gravel on the bottom.   A very old joke... when I first heard it I was too young to understand it... and it was not PC in those days.

Cue Safristi.
 

[safristi]

..well mines not quite as lllllooonnnnggg as a cue............ ....but it doesn't leek!...that's quite unusual.......sayeth TOM JONES.

[articsteve]

Most oilpans are flat. Insert tube, "touch bottom", bingo you are there. While extracting move suction around a bit to confirm.

[ktm525]

I said "most" . Works best if dipstick tube is over the lowest part of the pan. What does a sludged Saab engine have to do with extraction anyway?

[johngenx]

I used an extractor on all my MB engines, and all were clean as a whistle inside with the lowest mileage one at 250K, and several over 400K, one over 500K.

Sludge is from NOT changing the oil, and has nothing to do with using an extractor vs. the drain plug.

To know if it works on your car, use the extractor.  Cut the end of the tube to a bevel to ensure it is flat near the bottom of the pan.  Pump as much as possible out, and then drop the drain plug, and see how much more comes out.  If nothing more comes out (as the case with my cars) then you're good to go.

[c2chung]

I also have an oil extractor device (from Griot's garage) and have had many oil changes done by myself with great success on my E46 M3 at home. It's also handy at correcting those overfilling after an oil change at the dealer (they pretty much always does that). My oil extractor has a transparent oil container with volume marking so it's easy to see how much has been sucked out of the engine. I don't know what's the shape of my oil pan is but I know it take 5.5L of engine oil and every time I could suck up about 5.5L (give or take 100ml to 200ml).

[Wetson]

Leaves quite a bit of residual oil in the crankcase and I'm sure bits and pieces of this and that which should really be drained out.

That's exactly what came to my mind when I read this.  Gravity is our friend!