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which oil extractor?
who uses which, and why? I'm looking at everything from the "top sider" from northern tool that kent from Mercedes source endorses.
LiquiVac Topsider Oil Changer | Oil Extractors| Northern Tool + Equipment or the mighty vac units Amazon.com: Astro Pneumatic 7342 Manual Fluid Extractor: Home Improvement I'm even considering a 12 volt unit Amazon.com : Shoreline Marine Oil Changer, 12 Volts : Oil Pump : Sports & Outdoors thanks for the advice in advance, I don't have access to a compressor so im limited to the manual pump devices.
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85 300D turbo pristine w 157k when purchased 161K now 83 300 D turbo 297K runs great. SOLD! 83 240D 4 spd manual- parted out then junked |
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I use the Topsider and have been pleased with it. I use it on my 77 300D, the wife's Lexus LS430 and the Bad Boy mower. Works great.
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There's no problem using an insertion tube for oil extraction, it works very well.
I've used a Temp Oil Boy for at least 15 years. Simple and durable. It has two tubes, I use one for oil and the other for transmission fluid. Unfortunately, now unavailable. Mityvac seems to be making a copy of the Tempo product as their "MV7400 Fluid Extractor": Mityvac The trick with these devices is storage: the tubes will oooze oil for months after use. The way I solved this was to get a length of copper pipe and solder a cap to the end. I clip this upright to the wall, and use it as a scabbard. With the Tempo, this is and easy process because the hoses are designed to be detached with a pull,and break into four foot sections. I think storage would be a problem with several of the units you've pictured. The Astro unit looks good, and seems to have a hose storage bin built-in. Last edited by Mxfrank; 08-17-2014 at 11:37 AM. |
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I just built my own from 5 gallon buckets and fittings and used my ac vacuum pump.
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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread "as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do! My drivers: 1987 190D 2.5Turbo 1987 190D 2.5Turbo 1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!! 1987 300TD 1987 300TD 1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere! |
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Len '59 220S Cabriolet-SOLD and living happily in Malta '83 240D 351,500 miles original owner-SOLD '88 560SL 41,000 miles - totaled and parted out https://sites.google.com/site/mercedesstuff/home '99 E300 turbo 227,500 miles '03 SLK320 40,000 miles - gave to my daughter '14 Smart electric coupe 28,500 miles '14 Smart electric cabriolet 28,500 miles '15 Smart electric coupe 28,000 miles |
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I have used the Topsider in the past but use one of the 'manual' plastic tower ones (where you pump yourself).
If in your area you have a place with a pour-in recycling receptacle, the Topsider is handy because you can just remove the pump, replace it with a cap and go recycle your oil. However -- and maybe it was just me -- I managed to twice lose the seal for the tank opening when I did that, and the pump won't do anything without it. The seal kits are pretty readily available now I think. The second time, I tried making one from generic plumbing rubber and it didn't work well.
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Mac 2002 e320 4matic estate│1985 300d│1980 300td Previous: 1979 & 1982 & 1983 300sd │ 1982 240d “Let's take a drive into the middle of nowhere with a packet of Marlboro lights and talk about our lives.” ― Joseph Heller, Catch-22 |
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Home made from a water pressure tank.
I put a vacuum on it to suck, then pressurize it to empty.
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Greg 2012 S350 BlueTEC 4Matic 2007 ML 320 CDI 2007 Leisure Travel Serenity 2006 Sprinter 432k 2005 E320 CDI 1998 SLK230 (teal) 1998 SLK230 (silver) 1996 E300D 99k, 30k on WVO Previous: 1983 240D, on WVO 1982 300D, on WVO 1983 300CD, on WVO 1986 300SDL 237k, 25k on WVO (Deerslayer) 1991 350SDL 249k, 56k on WVO - Retired to a car spa in Phoenix 1983 380 SEC w/603 diesel, 8k on WVO 1996 E300D 351k, 177k on WVO |
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I'd use a smaller tank!
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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread "as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do! My drivers: 1987 190D 2.5Turbo 1987 190D 2.5Turbo 1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!! 1987 300TD 1987 300TD 1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere! |
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Mityvac 7201....works great, 8 qt. capacity.
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I use this really cool set up I picked up at a few years ago, it is commonly referred to a a wrench...
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I use the topsider. Makes it a easy process. I would say change the oil from the drain plug every 4-5th time to get any grit out.
Only thing I dont really care for is it takes about 10-15 minutes for it to do its job and mine does need a few extra pumps during extraction. HTH |
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