Tried a Mityvac to change the oil

[7.62MM]

With serveral cars sometimes I don't feel like getting under at the drain plug.





Extract the oil from the dipstick



It worked fairly well. You bring the engine up to near operating temperature so the oil flows well and shove the tubing down the dip stick and the pump draws a vacuum. I put the tube down until it hit the bottom of the pan. After draining I pushed the tube in a little further and pulled a little more oil out. Repeated a few times. In all the engine had 6 quarts. After catching the oil from the filter removal and oil in the filter I evacuated approximate 5.8 quarts of oil. Flip the switch and pump the handle and it pushes the oil back out.

[HotRod53]

Back in the 90's there were a few car washes here around Pittsburgh that had those .... they're all gone. Personally I would not do it, anything laying in the pan most likely would not be expelled. Many drain plugs have magnets on them, there would be no way to inspect it.

[needamog]

That system would be great for inboard boat motors. However, on the Tacoma it seems like a great solution to a problem that does not exist.

[05Moose]

Agreed. Just slide under, remove clip, and open the Fumoto Valve.

[RTFM]

Originally Posted by needamog

That system would be great for inboard boat motors. However, on the Tacoma it seems like a great solution to a problem that does not exist.

Probably keeps you from draining the tranny by mistake though.


(Too any to dig out the links for the 39 people who have made that mistake, just imagine them being here right now to complete this post)

[nitronate33]

Cool idea, but there is nothing like flow and gravity to pull out trace deposits, shavings, dirt, etc. you'd miss most of that stuff pumping it out. i'd like to see what the pan looks like after about 20 oil changes.

on a side note, did you actually save any time on the oil change?

[landphil]

Originally Posted by needamog

That system would be great for inboard boat motors. However, on the Tacoma it seems like a great solution to a problem that does not exist.

Agreed, they are very useful in applications where you can't slide a drain pan underneath, but otherwise, I'll pass. Maybe I'm just biased with a pit in my shop at home.

[Marty McFly]

Mine is high enough where I can just slide under it and drain the oil. I can do an oil change in like 3min. I'd probably take longer than that just to suck the oil out using that thing.

This looks like more of a pain in the ass than anything, especially when you consider that you have to clean the machine afterwards.

[dl1027]

It's so easy to do an oil change on these trucks the normal method. I can't see this being an improvement but I think the mityvac would be great for ATF flushing.

[stryker709]

Interesting product, but like the others have stated, changing the oil on these trucks isn't much of a problem. I would say definitely the easiest vehicle I've ever owned for changing the oil on.