West Marine Oil Extractor $56.99 - Today Only

[lawrence_junk]

Good deal on oil extractor. West Marine.

Today only so hurry. Great for engine and v-drive oil change.
http://www.westmarine.com/buy/west-m..._-141003-_-N/A

[IDBoating]

That's a good deal, and by the way - that's actually a MityVac product, the very one that I and most others recommend for marine oil changes.

[JLG]

sob! I bought that exact model last year and spent the $100 bill to get it and its been worth every penny though. makes oil changes very easy and no mess.

[mls6722]

Thanks, just bought one!

[dingleberry]

Thanks, just bought one!

x2

Really appreciate the tip!

[h2osk8er00]

Love that thing! Can do my oil... V-drive... and transmission in less than 30 minutes now.....

[Timmy!]

Darn, I missed the deal. Anyone ever try this one?
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...pf_rd_i=507846

[IDBoating]

IMHO, more complicated than it needs to be and doesn't include a capture container. The MityVac one is simple (read: reliable), and you don't need an extra container. Just pump the oil out, put in the new oil, and dump the old oil straight into the now-empty new container.

By the way, you don't have to continually pump the MityVac. You pump it a few times to develop a suction, and then it keeps flowing on its own for a while. I generally give it an extra pump or two here and there to keep the flow rate fast but most of the time you're free to do other things while it works. So in that sense it's similar to this electrical one in that it doesn't require your constant attention.

[BCRider]

^ Agree. The only thing I have found is I need to get a longer piece of hose. When I have it pushed all the way down the dip stick hole I have to have the pump in the locker and there still isn't quite enough. Easy fix though as it's pretty much just 1/4" air line.

[IDBoating]

Doesn't your engine have the hose on the oil pan? That's infinitely superior to running a hose down the dipstick tube. The hose is larger so the oil flows better, gravity is an asset instead of a liability, and you're more likely to get more of the old oil out. I put a brass fitting from the hardware store on my extractor's hose so it screws directly onto the engine's oil pan hose fitting. Fast, clean, no wiping down hoses, etc.

[JLG]

Like WA said use the engine oil drain hose. Warm engine and run it out your rear bilge drain plug and let gravity do its work. It will be drained by the time you service the trans oil. This way it keeps the oil mess if there were to be any out of the boat.

Timmy I have a cousin that had one of those motorized ones and he winterizes a lot of boats yearly and only used it one season before switching to the extractor like above. As stated, pump it once or twice and it will hold suction and it very quick. No mess also..

[BCRider]

WABoating: I do have the hose off the oil pan but trying to stick the hose out the drain hole seemed like way to much work and I haven't looked in to modifying the end of the hose on the extractor. I will have to look in to that for next year for sure. On my old boat I never used an extractor so this was my first year of having to use one.

[Timmy!]

Doesn't your engine have the hose on the oil pan? That's infinitely superior to running a hose down the dipstick tube. The hose is larger so the oil flows better, gravity is an asset instead of a liability, and you're more likely to get more of the old oil out. I put a brass fitting from the hardware store on my extractor's hose so it screws directly onto the engine's oil pan hose fitting. Fast, clean, no wiping down hoses, etc.

Yes, my engine has that drain valve BUT I live on a fairly steep hill and have trouble getting the oil out of the pan due the angle of my street/driveway and the angle of the oil pan in relation to the position where the drain hose is. I normally hook up a air compressor fitting to the drain hose and then slide the hose over that fitting of one of those $5 pumps from Harbor Freight and pump the oil out. It's a giant mess cleaning that system up, thought this might be a cleaner way of doing things. I'm also on my 3rd pump, they don't last long.

[JLG]

http://www.amazon.com/Mityvac-7201-F...luid+evacuator

This is the evacuator that I have and I was able to get at my local parts store but it MSRP for around $125. I was able to get a lil shy of $100 and well worth the money. Has a deal where you can reverse the flow of the fluid to put in an oil container once it gets filled and take to dispose. Absolutely no mess involved with this model.

[IDBoating]

Let me clarify: I did NOT mean stick the hose out of the hull's drain plug. That's not even possible on mine... the hull drain that Tige used is smaller than the fitting on the end of the hose.

What I do is pull the oil pan hose straight up out of the engine compartment and connect it to the extractor. The extractor sits on the passenger floor of the boat. I give it a few pumps to draw the vacuum and away it goes. I'm in the boat the whole time. In fact, I do this on the water since our boat never leaves the lake for the whole summer.

By gravity being an asset, I meant that gravity is pulling the old oil toward the oil pan's own drain - which is connected to the hose. Therefore, gravity is helping you to extract as much of the old oil as possible. If you stick a hose down the dipstick tube you don't know where the end of your hose goes, and therefore don't know that you're getting everything.

Again: Don't use the hull drain. Just connect to the hose right in the engine compartment. Faster, easier, better.