ford mondeo 03 plate 1.8 petrol oil draining

[Webby the Bear]

After a V6 most things are easy.Steve.

couldnt agree more mate 

[martin42]

i had to apply some heat to the sump bolt and then a nice long cold chisel and a couple of taps and it just came lose,pop it over sometime if you want me to have  a go,and i may also have a sump for it if its easier to change that,give me a call after monday and il let you know about sump 

[I_want_an_Omega]

cheers lincs... is this what you mean...

http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/clarke-cht612-1-5l-oil-extractor

Similar - the one I have is the Pela 6000 

[I_want_an_Omega]

When you drain the oil from a hot engine via the sumplug you will also drain much of the sediment & crud which sits in the bottom of the sump and blocks the oil strainer eventually.Pumping it out of the dipstick hole leaves that stuff undisturbed where it is imo.
I would rather remove the sump and give it a good clean while it was off than use a siphon pump personally.

I fully agree with this view - but presented with a V6 drain plug that refused to be removed I used the pump to drain the sump - which was then sorted after it was removed. I didn't fancy taking it off when full of oil. Used a similar technique to drain ATF from an automatic gearbox. 

The state of the sump was truly terrible with tar like sediment. Needless to say that it was all cleaned out.

[albitz]

An intelligent approach imo Robert.I just dont like them to be used (as is the case in many garages) to change the oil on a regular basis.

[Andy B]

Smarts don't have a sump plug by design so oil has to be removed via the dip-stick tube. I've removed the sump from SWMBO's car after using my Pela vacuum pump & there was sod all left in there.