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Homemade works well too
I made my own with a vacuum cleaner, a 5 gallon plastic paint bucket from Home depot, and some polyethylene tubing.
Cut a hole in the top of the bucket for the vacuum hose, a hole for the tubing (make sure they're apart from each other), and insert the tubing into the hole.
then insert the other end into the dipstick tube.
Attach the vacuum hose to the hole in the bucket top. Use duct tape to ensure a good seal (although it doesn't really matter that much - a vacuum should have plenty of power even with a bad seal).
The oil will be removed in about 15 minutes (I use Mobil-1 15W-50 - a lighter dino oil may come out quicker).
Make sure to reinforce the interior of the bucket so it doesn't collapse under vacuum. I used a small metal trash can inside the bucket for this.
I also made a mark for 8.5 quarts to let me know when the oil was completely drained from the car.
hope this helps - the total cost is about $6.
Troy
1995 E420 94k
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