Tips for Changing Oil without Spilling!

[GearHead36]

Get a HF hand pump. They're $7.49.

 

[slomo]

Do it the Tommy Chong method. Garden hose and suck it out with your mouth.

 

[SeniorCitizen]

Changing oil when hot and tipping a engine is BS .

 

[Skippydiesel]

Changing oil when hot and tipping a engine is BS .

Well it works for me.

Just have to plan ahead and have your waste oil pan in the right position when you tip the mower/pump/compressor/generator. Depending on the location of the fill point, it may be helpful to have some blocks to steady the machine on, or a handy wall to lean the handle against - been doing it this way for the last 30++ years.

Get a HF hand pump. They're $7.49.

Having saved purchasing a "HF hand pump" I now feel rich and less cluttered.

The hand pump will fail at some stage, probably sooner rather than later (@ $7.49), just as you want to use it to change the oil - why bother go the KISS way.

 

[SeniorCitizen]

- why bother go the KISS way.

I agree with KISS , and it just doesn't get any better than this .

I can understand a repair business having the best fastest / equipment , but me as a DIY-er I'm not concerned about time . Concerned about a complete drain ? Pull the plug in the AM because it drained to the sump all night and I guarantee you won't burn yourself with oil .

If you've seen a engine fail because of draining the oil like above , put a cup of diesel in and it'll drain while you change that filter .

 

[7394]

Reminds me it's time to service my air compressor. Thanks.