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Old 07-24-2009, 10:44 PM
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Originally Posted by tarheel75 View Post
What are some of the better vacuums currently on the market?
They're pretty much all the same. I use the Tempo "Oil Boy" and it works great. Has a 5 qt capacity, like most of them do.

What I do after I fill it is pour the first 5 qts of old oil into an empty bottle I saved from my previous change, then siphon the remaining 2 qts into the empty 5qt container from the current change, after the new oil is added to the engine.

A quirky thing I do, because I have 3 qts to spare in one container, is siphon 3 qts of transmission fluid and replace with 3 fresh. As I said, quirky, but probably cheap insurance for a well-behaving transmission.
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