Originally Posted by
+fireamx
OK Gary, I'm going to play "devils advocate" here.
Isn't leaving a 1/2 pint or less of dirty oil in your engine, a lot like adding a 6 oz. bottle of "Dirty oil additive" to your engine during every oil change?
I know there's 272 oz. of brand new "fresh" oil to dilute it, but let me put it this way.
What if you just paid a Certified Chrysler Dealer $150.00 to change your oil, and when your ready to drive off the service manager tells you to hold up just long enough for him to add 6oz. of dirty oil back in.
What would you say to him?
Like Sparkie, I don't mind getting up close and personal with the underside of my car every 5000 miles or so.
When I used my topsider, I had less then an ounce left in the motor. I found that by jacking the drivers side up after draining with the topsider, then removing the drain plug and measuring what was left. It barely came out into a Campbell's soup can, was less than an ounce. After that, I was confident I was getting most of the oil out with the topsider.