I personally prefer gravity. I had an oil pump once, but it didn't age well, and spewed dirty oil around when one of the hoses broke. Nevermore, quoth I.

Accessing the drain plug just means removing four little bolts on the belly pan. The drain plug is exactly where you would expect it to be.

Also, they all have dipsticks for engine oil, and the pumps suck throught the sipstick tube. There are no dipsticks for 722.6 (5-speed) and later transmissions.

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