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Originally Posted by MB208
Why dont you just go under the car and take out the oil pan drain plug. Drain the oil and fill it back up threw the filter housing. Why the extra money to buy a vaccum and waist all that time. If you take out the drain plug you need to replace the metal washer/seal that comes off it. Dont waist time sucking anything out.
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Unless he has a lift, it takes just as long to drain out the bottom as to extract from the top. You may be able to push a pan under your older car, but I sure can't do that on mine unless I jack it up. The time spent waiting for the vacuum to do its job can be spent doing other things, unlike the time spent jacking the car and crawling underneath and removing the belly pan. Yes, newer models have these too.
Then there's the problem of the car not sitting straight when on a support from one end; you leave a lot in there unless you put the car level while it's draining.