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Here's the text from my original impressions. I've also provided some follow-up impressions following this:

2011 First Impressions
My second oil change with my XFire. This is the first one I did myself. I used my HT Moto Oil Evacuator and wanted to share my personal impressions of the device. The good first. It has a large capacity and you can do 2 XFire Oil changes and store the used oil before you have to take it to a recycle center. Also, the extractor tube insert is flexible metal coververed by some plastic type compound, therefore it doesn't have the issue that other may have where they collapse when hot and under suction. Finally, it pumps well and has a lot of suction. Here's the bad, although it's not really all that bad. First, the metal tube insert is thin so it doesn't pull the oil out quickly, howver it really does need to be thin to be inserted to the botton. Second, you can't just leave this and rely on 20 pressure pumps to pull all the oil out. You'll need to periodically use the pump to up the pressure to continue to pull the oil out. I did have to leave prior to completing the extraction and came back to a cold engine and didn't want to start the car given I had already extracted about 2 -3 quarts so the remaining suction had to be done with cold oil. It still worked, but took longer than it would have. So, in my view, the only thing that was a little unexpected was having to continue to use the pump to enhance suction to get the oil out. Even with that, I still loved not having to raise the car and pull the shield and drain it from underneath. All I did was hang out in the garage and do a few other tasks in between additional pumps. End result: I'll continue to use this for the Xfire and for my other cars as well. I like the size of it and I can get through a year's worth of oil changes before it fills up and have to take it to recycle.

Last note: WRT the oil filter. It was easy to replace and all the guidance on here about changing the filter was great to have in advance (making sure filter is inserted all the way, use a paperclip or bobby pin to get the O rings off, and making sure the O rings are in the proper locations). One thing I hadn't seen on here was an indication that the filter actually came with pictoral instructions -- which were quite easy and useful. No one had mentioned this before. I may take a picture and post it later to help newbies in the future. The one mistake this can help people avoid is the location of the large O ring. I think that's the most common mistake which results in oil spraying all over the engine. This little picture was very useful in reminding me not to make that mistake.

Update: I've used this 2 -3 times since my initial change and I love it. If the oil is hot, it pulls out quickly. You still need to pump it more frequently than instructed but heck, that's easy. It takes about 10-15 minute to get the oil out but you don't have to lift the car, drop the pan, drain it into a receptical etc. Way quicker, cleaner and easier than any other oil change.

EDIT: Link to HT Type Evacuator http://www.shspowersports.com/eshopp..._Extractor.htm