# Oil Extractor? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [May 17, 2008, 8:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oil-extractor/48617 "2008-05-17T20:34:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![\_Karu](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/_karu/32/7602_2.png) [@\_Karu](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/_Karu)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2008, 8:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oil-extractor/48617/1 "2008-05-17T20:34:12Z")
What do you guys think about this device? Link: > **[SkyMall | America's Favorite Store | Online Shopping Catalog](https://skymall.com/)** > > SkyMall is an online shopping catalog offering unique and innovative products for home, travel, and leisure. SkyMall provides convenient and fun solutions for creating memorable experiences. > **No more crawling under the car to drain your oil.** Changing your own oil saves money, but it can also save waiting time and hassle–plus, you know the job is done right. And this is the easiest way to remove your old oil. Unit comes with two different tube sizes, to fit your car’s dipstick tube. After a few pumps to build a vacuum, oil flows from your crankcase into the canister. > If you’re skeptical about extracting oil through the dipstick tube, consider the fact that this is how Mercedes-Benz factory technicians are trained to change oil. A safety float shuts off flow if unit is full. Great for lawn mowers and motorcycles, too. > Capacity: 6.5 liters (about 7 quarts). Saw this in the SkyMall catalog…en route to Buffalo… Is this thing really works the way it is? :eekdance: Price: $64.95 Not bad, considering Synthetic oil change is around $55+ everywhere… ---
**Author:** ![AFhockey31](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/afhockey31/32/5086_2.png) [@AFhockey31](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AFhockey31)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2008, 8:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oil-extractor/48617/2 "2008-05-17T20:41:10Z")
yeah… infact if i want to change my oil on my own and not spend 100+bucks on it at the stealer i have to get one of those… heres a thread that explains it and how useful it is [http://mbworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=217250&highlight=change+oil](http://mbworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=217250&highlight=change+oil) ---
**Author:** ![Cavi\_Mike](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cavi_mike/32/5217_2.png) [@Cavi\_Mike](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Cavi_Mike)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2008, 8:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oil-extractor/48617/3 "2008-05-17T20:44:42Z")
Damn, that’s pretty convenient. No wonder the oil filter is on the top of the motor on German cars. ---
**Author:** ![BadnewsMike](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/badnewsmike/32/7419_2.png) [@BadnewsMike](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BadnewsMike)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2008, 8:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oil-extractor/48617/4 "2008-05-17T20:57:26Z")
yep I have one for the TDI… 1000 miles a week = oil changes monthly… ill still do one normal change ever once and awhile… and I keep a magnetic drain plug in there… but its nice not having to lift the car for an oil change… ---
**Author:** ![ly555is](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3bc359/32.png) [@ly555is](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ly555is)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2008, 10:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oil-extractor/48617/5 "2008-05-17T22:19:13Z")
holy fuck. i was literally thinking about this concept tuesday morning driving to work. that’s some shit. ---
**Author:** ![Boomin99GT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boomin99gt/32/7306_2.png) [@Boomin99GT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boomin99GT)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 12:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oil-extractor/48617/6 "2008-05-18T00:53:43Z")
We had a few of those at my shop. Used them for quite a few different things. You can find them much cheaper than $65 but still not bad for the price. ---
**Author:** ![\_Karu](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/_karu/32/7602_2.png) [@\_Karu](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/_Karu)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 7:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oil-extractor/48617/7 "2008-05-18T07:07:57Z")
:banghead::fail: oh shit! i forgot one thing important: changing the oil filter! damn…with the hondas…you still have to go down anyway… ---
**Author:** ![\_Karu](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/_karu/32/7602_2.png) [@\_Karu](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/_Karu)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 7:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oil-extractor/48617/8 "2008-05-18T07:08:51Z")
> [@Cavi Mike](#): > > Damn, that’s pretty convenient. No wonder the oil filter is on the top of the motor on German cars. just realized that…it is not the case with my civic… 😛 ---
**Author:** ![JustinH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JustinH](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JustinH)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 7:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oil-extractor/48617/9 "2008-05-18T07:35:59Z")
The brand that you want is mityvac. A few guys on bobistheoil guy use them all the time. My only worry would be not getting all the crap out of the bottom of the pan. You can get them cheaper on ebay. ---
**Author:** ![rdandy5875](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rdandy5875/32/7511_2.png) [@rdandy5875](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rdandy5875)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 7:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oil-extractor/48617/10 "2008-05-18T07:58:38Z")
amazon has the mity vac one for like $50ish… ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 10:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oil-extractor/48617/11 "2008-05-18T10:37:49Z")
Been using something very similar for 6 years on my boat since it’s impossible to get to the drain plug and even if you could there’s no where to put a drain pan. [http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/producte/10001/-1/10001/268534/377%20710/0/oil%20extractor/Primary%20Search/mode%20matchallpartial/0/0?N=377%20710&Ne=0&Ntt=oil%20extractor&Ntk=Primary%20Search&Ntx=mode%20matchallpartial&Nao=0&Ns=0&keyword=oil%20extractor&isLTokenURL=true&storeNum=6&subdeptNum=169&classNum=170](http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/producte/10001/-1/10001/268534/377%20710/0/oil%20extractor/Primary%20Search/mode%20matchallpartial/0/0?N=377%20710&Ne=0&Ntt=oil%20extractor&Ntk=Primary%20Search&Ntx=mode%20matchallpartial&Nao=0&Ns=0&keyword=oil%20extractor&isLTokenURL=true&storeNum=6&subdeptNum=169&classNum=170) I used that one on the Fiero just before pulling the pan so I could see exactly how much it was getting out and was really impressed with how little was left in the pan. It was pretty much completely dry. But unless you can get to your oil filter from the top of the car it’s pretty pointless on a car. You gotta get under there anyway. ---
**Author:** ![JustinH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JustinH](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JustinH)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 10:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oil-extractor/48617/12 "2008-05-18T10:53:46Z")
Yeah I agree. I might get one for my saturn, as it has the cartridge filter on top, but for most other cars it doesn’t make sense. ---
**Author:** ![walter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/walter/32/7202_2.png) [@walter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/walter)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 11:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oil-extractor/48617/13 "2008-05-18T11:08:23Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > Been using something very similar for 6 years on my boat since it’s impossible to get to the drain plug and even if you could there’s no where to put a drain pan. > > [http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/producte/10001/-1/10001/268534/377%20710/0/oil%20extractor/Primary%20Search/mode%20matchallpartial/0/0?N=377%20710&Ne=0&Ntt=oil%20extractor&Ntk=Primary%20Search&Ntx=mode%20matchallpartial&Nao=0&Ns=0&keyword=oil%20extractor&isLTokenURL=true&storeNum=6&subdeptNum=169&classNum=170](http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/producte/10001/-1/10001/268534/377%20710/0/oil%20extractor/Primary%20Search/mode%20matchallpartial/0/0?N=377%20710&Ne=0&Ntt=oil%20extractor&Ntk=Primary%20Search&Ntx=mode%20matchallpartial&Nao=0&Ns=0&keyword=oil%20extractor&isLTokenURL=true&storeNum=6&subdeptNum=169&classNum=170) > > I used that one on the Fiero just before pulling the pan so I could see exactly how much it was getting out and was really impressed with how little was left in the pan. It was pretty much completely dry. > > But unless you can get to your oil filter from the top of the car it’s pretty pointless on a car. You gotta get under there anyway. Meh, you could run more frequent dino changes w/o filter pretty easily. IE Oil every 3k, oil+filter every 6k ---
**Author:** ![burnt\_toast](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/burnt_toast/32/7518_2.png) [@burnt\_toast](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/burnt_toast)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 11:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oil-extractor/48617/14 "2008-05-18T11:18:20Z")
hmm, was just checking prices out for this, as i definitely will be ordering it… and came across another one of their products that piqued my interest… : > **[Robot Check](https://www.amazon.com/MityVac-MV6817-Superpump-Bleeding-Cylinder/dp/B000XSJJCY/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_k2a_2_img?pf_rd_p=304485601&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-2&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B0002SR7TC&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0X081NBR9P5DAVGN776A)** anyone have any experience with this one? ---
**Author:** ![speedped79](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/speedped79/32/7491_2.png) [@speedped79](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/speedped79)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 12:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oil-extractor/48617/15 "2008-05-18T12:15:11Z")
we use these at work to drain various fluids all the time, like power steering, trans ext ---
**Author:** ![Garick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8797f3/32.png) [@Garick](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Garick)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 1:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oil-extractor/48617/16 "2008-05-18T13:55:16Z")
thats pretty cool, never though of that before. Even nicer on the focus I can reach the filter without needing to get under the car.