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Changing the oil+filter is interesting,  if car isn't high enough you can't drop undertray flap down enough,  .....

you need a Pela oil-sucker-outerer 

 I'm of the old skool,, undo sump plug, and make a mess on the floor as the tray is positioned wrong,

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Me too. 

[STEMO]

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Changing the oil+filter is interesting,  if car isn't high enough you can't drop undertray flap down enough,  .....

you need a Pela oil-sucker-outerer 

 I'm of the old skool,, undo sump plug, and make a mess on the floor as the tray is positioned wrong,

If you were really old school, you'd park it over a drain in the street and let it run down there 

[Andy B]

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Changing the oil+filter is interesting,  if car isn't high enough you can't drop undertray flap down enough,  .....

you need a Pela oil-sucker-outerer

My oil-sucker-outerer can't be pushed down far enough to suck the oil from my classic and highly desirable Vauxhall.

The tube is long enough but there is an obstruction of some kind.

Strange  So how does the dip stick reach the oil if there's an obstruction ?? 

[Andy B]

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Changing the oil+filter is interesting,  if car isn't high enough you can't drop undertray flap down enough,  .....

you need a Pela oil-sucker-outerer 

 I'm of the old skool,, undo sump plug, and make a mess on the floor as the tray is positioned wrong,

I've a Pela because one of my Smarts doesn't have a sump drain plug, but I do remember having a car where the under tray fouled the floor before it came off.

[Kevin Wood]

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Changing the oil+filter is interesting,  if car isn't high enough you can't drop undertray flap down enough,  .....

you need a Pela oil-sucker-outerer 

 I'm of the old skool,, undo sump plug, and make a mess on the floor as the tray is positioned wrong,

If you were really old school, you'd park it over a drain in the street and let it run down there 

I'm considering it, given that the local tip let you dispose of about an egg cup full of oil each trip and I've got 2 20L containers of the stuff.

[Doctor Gollum]

The Insignificant engine is a pita as the filter is at the back right-hand corner of the engine and officially requires a special funnel to get the oil to drain cleanly when the filter is removed... It's almost a subframe out job*. Sucking the oil out doesn't correct the stupid design.

It's not quite that bad, but the filter cap is buried in the depths of Narnia.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

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Changing the oil+filter is interesting,  if car isn't high enough you can't drop undertray flap down enough,  .....

you need a Pela oil-sucker-outerer

My oil-sucker-outerer can't be pushed down far enough to suck the oil from my classic and highly desirable Vauxhall.

The tube is long enough but there is an obstruction of some kind.

Strange  So how does the dip stick reach the oil if there's an obstruction ?? 

Exactly my thoughts.......The dipstick is extremely skinny for the last 5 or 6 inches and the tube simply can't be pushed in far enough.

[ronnyd]

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Changing the oil+filter is interesting,  if car isn't high enough you can't drop undertray flap down enough,  .....

you need a Pela oil-sucker-outerer

My oil-sucker-outerer can't be pushed down far enough to suck the oil from my classic and highly desirable Vauxhall.

The tube is long enough but there is an obstruction of some kind.

Strange  So how does the dip stick reach the oil if there's an obstruction ?? 

Exactly my thoughts.......The dipstick is extremely skinny for the last 5 or 6 inches and the tube simply can't be pushed in far enough.

Just give a good hard shove, the desirable Signum will think it's having a colonoscopy. 

[Andy B]

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Just give a good hard shove, the desirable Signum will think it's having a colonoscopy. 

Oooooer! 

[biggriffin]

The Insignificant engine is a pita as the filter is at the back right-hand corner of the engine and officially requires a special funnel to get the oil to drain cleanly when the filter is removed... It's almost a subframe out job*. Sucking the oil out doesn't correct the stupid design.

It's not quite that bad, but the filter cap is buried in the depths of Narnia.

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 Remove front wheel, get a 1L oil bottle cut the front out, wedge under filter housing, undo filter, all drops into said bottle, then wiggle it out, without spilling any

[Marks DTM Calib]

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Changing the oil+filter is interesting,  if car isn't high enough you can't drop undertray flap down enough,  .....

you need a Pela oil-sucker-outerer 

 I'm of the old skool,, undo sump plug, and make a mess on the floor as the tray is positioned wrong,

I've a Pela because one of my Smarts doesn't have a sump drain plug, but I do remember having a car where the under tray fouled the floor before it came off.

I have the same for the F-type, it actually has a metal tube inside the oil filler which passes down to the base of the sump by the drain hole to suck the oil through:



It is by far the easiest car I have ever changed oil and filter on 

[TheBoy]

I have a cheap £6 12v oil pump for my car, as its far easier than a Pela .  But it doesn't work on her car with a proper dipstick, so I do use a Pela for that.

Both are easy to change oil on

[countrywoman]

The Omega engine in the Austin hot rod is doing its own oil change, must remember to get a new sump plug washer------

[TheBoy]

The Omega engine in the Austin hot rod is doing its own oil change, must remember to get a new sump plug washer------

Ah, but its stops the rust