Re: Oil Change
Originally Posted by
Speedy4x4
Several use the extractor, me I always drop the pan and drain it, 4 screws hold mine on.
I have used a extractor to take out oil after a shop put in to much oil.
If I paid a shop / garage to change my oil and they extracted it instead of drainingit, I would be royally PO.....
I have had 3 times at 3 different shops and might have been in 2 different states other than my own that lost the screws to the belly pan and threw the belly pan to the side and was not going to put it back on, and had my car down and backed out and ready to go.
Till I asked about the belly pan still sitting on the floor.
Leaving 1 quart of oil in seems like alot. Maybe angle your car was at or the tube curled up some etc.
Do you have even a spot in your yard that is angled to just drive on and have the backend of your car higher to let more oil poll to the front, might get alittle more oil out.
I bet someone who uses extractor often will chim in how they do it.
I use the extractor and I once drove the drivers side wheels up on 2x 4s to tilt the car a little. It did not do too much, so these days I suck it out and leave it overnight and drain the oil that drops in that time. I get 8 litres in no problem, the filter does not hold a significant amount of oil itself but the holder it sits in and the tube below it does. I would imagine that there is a one way valve to keep this area filled with oil and if that failed it would go back into the pan and give a false reading.
Last edited by onehundred80; Dec 20, 2017 at 01:40 PM.