...I use an oil withdrawal system that has a small diameter hose connected to a 6 liter spherical tank with a vacuum pump. With the engine warmed up, the hose is inserted into the dipstick tube with the dipstick removed and with a vacuum, withdraws the engine oil thru the tube and into the tank. This makes for a less messy manner to remove the engine oil. The oil base on newer engines has been designed to provide a low point where the hose can position to evacuate the most amount of oil and in some cases actually evacuate more oil than the drain valve will allow to drain out. Some of the larger auto parts store chains show oil withdrawal systems in their catalogs. One company makes a side pump type that is green in color and I had one years back, but the sideways pump action was not easy to use and I replaced it with another brand that has the vacuum pump vertically mounted...
