I forgot to mention the splash pan. My car isn't so bad, Angie's Golf is
terrible, a big metal bump shield. That car is very low and I bottomed it out
on a manhole cover once and bent the oil pan, the metal shield is to hopefully
prevent a re-occurrence.Fortunately that car has a top mounted canister oil
filter so the oil can be changed from the top...
-Curt
On Monday, December 6, 2021, 04:21:35 PM EST, Allan Streib
<[email protected]> wrote:
My old Ford Focus is similar, the filter sticks out the side of the engine
(which faces the back of the car), you can't really reach it from above so you
have to crawl under and weave your arm around the axle to get at it. And of
course oil goes everywhere when you start to unscrew it.
The Nissan Frontier isn't quite so bad, the filter is easy to get to from
underneath EXCEPT you have to remove the splash pan first. You don't spill a
lot of oil removing it, but you do lose an ounce or two.
The Volvo uses a cartridge filter, the canister opens at the top, so it's
pretty clean. A topisder extractor would be useful on that car, because
otherwise you also need to remove a splash pan to get at the oil drain plug.
Allan
On Mon, Dec 6, 2021, at 3:31 PM, Curt Raymond wrote:
My Jetta is the worst for the filter because it's in front of the engine
(transverse I4) mounted upside down. So you have to get under the car to remove
the filter anyway, might as well pull the drain plug.
On an '80s vintage Mercedes you could do it all from the top...
-Curt
On Monday, December 6, 2021, 03:27:29 PM EST, Allan Streib via Mercedes
<[email protected]> wrote:
For me, the messiest part of an oil change is dealing with the filter, and the
extractor doesn't help you there. Draining the oil into a pan doesn't seem that
big a deal to me, especially since you might need a pan anyway to catch the oil
from the filter (depending on the vehicle and its filter configuration).
Allan
On Mon, Dec 6, 2021, at 2:39 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote:
> While I’m not a big fan of the place, it has value. Especially when you
> have one less than five minutes from the house (both houses, for that
> matter!)
>
> After looking at the alternatives on Amazon and knowing they’re
> short-lived, I went to the HF in Flagstaff and bought my second six
> gallon oil extractor (I already have one in Tampa.) Despite the hit on
> my credit report for the hard inquiry, I opened a HF charge account to
> get 10% off my purchase, bringing the price down to around $160 before
> taxes. And before anyone complains about the price, I’ve spent more
> than that total for all my previous oil sucking machinery. I only wish
> I could have bought one of these years ago.
>
> Got it home, unboxed it, set up the inlet connections and promptly
> changed the oil in the ML. Took a whopping 10 minutes, if that.
>
> I’ll pay off their charge next month to avoid usury on the finance
> charge (they’re not stupid, of course) and call it good. Now I’m
> wondering if I would have done better to just join the “Insider’s
> Track” club?
>
> -D
>
>
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