Hi All,
Had another very frustrating oil change yesterday. My engine is a Universal M35A. I've been changing the oil using one of those manual (pump) oil extractors. They have these long stiff straws which go down the dipstick hole to remove the oil. These "straws" are very long and come in two parts joined together with a rubber coupling. On a previous oil change, the coupling came apart and flicked oil all over my curtains among other things! I find it REALLY MESSY and although my engine holds around 4 litres of oil, I'm barely able to get 3 litres using this method. There is a drain plug on the front of the oil pan with a flexible hose on it, but because of the slope of the engine, I can not extract all of the oil as a lot of the oil sits at the back. Consequently after an oil change the oil is still black as peat.
If anyone has a better method, I'd love to hear it...
Many thanks,
steve Gabbott
Silent Dancer
E35/3
Had another very frustrating oil change yesterday. My engine is a Universal M35A. I've been changing the oil using one of those manual (pump) oil extractors. They have these long stiff straws which go down the dipstick hole to remove the oil. These "straws" are very long and come in two parts joined together with a rubber coupling. On a previous oil change, the coupling came apart and flicked oil all over my curtains among other things! I find it REALLY MESSY and although my engine holds around 4 litres of oil, I'm barely able to get 3 litres using this method. There is a drain plug on the front of the oil pan with a flexible hose on it, but because of the slope of the engine, I can not extract all of the oil as a lot of the oil sits at the back. Consequently after an oil change the oil is still black as peat.
If anyone has a better method, I'd love to hear it...
Many thanks,
steve Gabbott
Silent Dancer
E35/3