I'm on my xth blue hand pump oil changer. The last time was exhausting even though the oil was hot. So I bought one of the cheap $30 12v oil pumps. Trying it out on my old sport car with cool 5w30 oil and watched as oil moved up the tube about an inch every minute or so. I see a few more expensive pumps $75-100. Has anyone tried these?
Electric oil change pump
- Thread starter Mike Oldak
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I had a 12 volt none impeller pump but after a few years it stopped working so got a used blue can hand
Pump and it does the job but really did like the 12 volt pump.
nick
Pump and it does the job but really did like the 12 volt pump.
nick
I’ve been using a drill powered pump the last few years. Works quickly and reliably so far. The only downside is that it takes one hand to run the drill and one to keep the output pump in a jug, making it tricky to hold the pump steady against the torque of the drill.
I've had years of reliable service from this manual pump, for what it's worth.
I have one of the blue metal cans with the pump to pull a vacuum. My issues with this pump is that the gaskets leak or the pump itself looses its ability to seal and does not pull a good vacuum. Replacing the pump assemble for $15-20 cured the problem.
Use this with great results. Bought a second for my power tools at home.
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That's the one I use too.
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Mine’s a Jabsco. I don’t remember where I picked it up. Never had any problems with it priming.
I have been using one of these for the past 3 years - works really well, easier than the blue can it replaced:
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I had the West Marine type referenced in post # 4 and it worked great. It was not exhausting and you move the end around in the crankcase to get the crankcase pretty much empty. Hose fits in the dipstick channel. You could do a very nearly drip less evacuation.
I've been using this for >15years and it's still going strong. I even got a spare one just in case this breaks. I also used this blue pump for polishing my diesel fuel...2L at a time. I like to "keep it simple".
Ken Y
That was my first attempt. It did not help significantly.Maybe you could oil the pump.
Ditto............simple, fast and avoids handling a separate used oil reservoir during oil extraction without a mess.