I have a *real* branded Topsider but years of using it without the thin tube
made the adapter between the fat and thin tubes lose suction. I just looked at
their website and I see you can buy the whole tube set with adapter for $9. I
may spend some time at my local hardware store squeezing different tubes
together to see if I can find a blend that works as good, otherwise I might
just buy the tube.
Again, no advantage to the topsider on my Jetta, I still have to go under the
car to replace the filter...
-Curt
On Monday, May 20, 2019, 10:39:39 AM EDT, Curley McLain via Mercedes
<[email protected]> wrote:
Or, build your own WIlton Sucker for $5. Personally, I bought some
nice 3 gallon SS soda/acid fire extinguishers ($5 ea), modified the
handle so I can pin the valve open and use that with compressed air and
a HF vacuum dealie to suck out the oil. The ext. has an air valve, when
done sucking, i charge the ext with 5-10 PSI then discharge the used oel
into jugs to take to FLAPS for recycle.
Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote on 5/20/19 9:28 AM:
> Nothing. The MB dipstick tube goes all the way to the bottom so it pulls
>just as much oil as using the drain. I remember years ago somebody did a test
>and pulled the oil pan, the topsider I think got more oil because there was
>residual around the plug hole. Its also much nicer to deal with a topsider
>full of oil than a pan.
>
> On my Jetta a topsider is no advantage really since you need to go down below
> to replace the oil filter anyway. On Angie's Golf it'd be nice to stay up
> top...
>
> -Curt
>
>
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