Oil extraction suction thing...

[Pigeon_Droppings2]

I have one of the cheap 12v battery ones...xc70 P2 has it's battery in the boot but I think removing the main fuse cover exposed a nice 12v supply!

 

[AVI_8]

Have you not got a 12v terminal under the bonnet for jump starting, they would have a plastic cap covering it so it might not be obvious, all my cars have one though not Volvo.

 

[Greeves246]

I was reluctant until I saw the garage use a suction through the dipstick hole so I bought a Lidl 12v suction pump. Used it a couple of times now does the job. VW don’t actually sell a sump plug washer, you have to buy a sump plug with a captive one!

 

[premmington]

I got a in our workshop...

Professional waste oil drainer / extractor PNEU

www.mannol.de

Engine oil has to be very hot for it be a quick process...

 

[Beanwood]

I have one of the cheap 12v battery ones...xc70 P2 has it's battery in the boot but I think removing the main fuse cover exposed a nice 12v supply!

You need to upgrade to a P3 - battery is under the bonnet

 

[Morrisman]

I was reluctant until I saw the garage use a suction through the dipstick hole so I bought a Lidl 12v suction pump. Used it a couple of times now does the job. VW don’t actually sell a sump plug washer, you have to buy a sump plug with a captive one!

That’s how places like Quickfit do oil changes, they don’t mess about under the car etc. Or so I’ve been told, never been to one myself.

 

[Barking Mat]

I oversee 12 marine boat engines. All the drain plugs are utterly inaccessible. About 3/4 have manual oil change pumps on them, pumpy, pumpy, hand operated, the rest we use an oil vacuum which produces the vacuum using a compressor. It works really well, sure, you don't get all the oil out, but I do my cars and families cars like that, never had an issue.

 

[6ply]

I have a great big syringe thing. I chased the kids round the house once saying they needed an injection.

I don't recommend it for anything but thin oil. It's really hard work.

 

[Pigeon_Droppings2]

I have one of the cheap 12v jobbies...think it was maybe £15 or something...they're quite handy as they can pump oil out and pump oil in which is handy for some gearboxes for example.

Don't get me wrong...ain't quick...and your neighbours won't thank you but does the job.

 

[dobbslc]

I have one of the Lidl oil pump things and it's pretty good but the dip tube on my Surf is tiny and the hose won't fit. Worth checking before you blow a wad on an extractor that you can't use.

 

[Pigeon_Droppings2]

dip tube on my Surf is tiny and the hose won't fit.

Was the same with my 12v Amazon jobbie...I had to get a reducer and some thinner hose for it.

 

[jsf55]

I killed my Lidl one after emptying the petrol tank on the hot rod, no idea what went but it never run again

 

[Melvyn Best]

I’ve had a Sealey type one for years but find it is often far quicker to remove the sump plug especially if the filter has to be changed from under the car .

 

[badabec]

Citroen DS, you have to remove a plate on the sump to get to the oil filter. And if you don't line up the arrows when putting it back, the oil supply is cut off and it seizes.

 

[dobbslc]

I killed my Lidl one after emptying the petrol tank on the hot rod, no idea what went but it never run again

They aren't meant for petrol! Lucky it didn't explode...

 

[Keithmac]

I use a 12v pump, wired it to an M12 battery adapter.

Takes 3 minutes to pump oil out of a warm engine.

I pump it into empty oil containers to check the level and it will extract 6l which is exactly what an oil change takes so I can't see much at all being left in the sump.

 

[sako243]

Citroen DS, you have to remove a plate on the sump to get to the oil filter. And if you don't line up the arrows when putting it back, the oil supply is cut off and it seizes.

We found out recently most Vauxhall dumps these days are glued on (no bolts) as a hire van my parents had started leaking quite a bit. Eventually AA chap came out and said it had taken a knock by a previous hirer and it was lucky the sump hadn't fallen off completely.

 

[zzr1200]

I've used one in the past. I think the main problem is that you don't extract all of the oil. There will be a little bit left in the sump.

You never drain all the oil in an engine even when you use the sump plug, there's always oil left in the oil galleries, oil pump, casting gullies/dips, rocker shafts and the like....

Provided you get the suction tube very close to or touching the bottom of the sump and can still suck the oil out, you'll get most of the oil....

The only thing you get is less warning of engine parts failure, bearing and possibly of an, in oil engine cam belt break up....

 

[sako243]

With the TDV8 Range Rovers they have two sump plugs as they have a baffled sump to carry on running at silly angles. Now have got a 9l suction thingy when I get around to it I'll try and suck most out using that and then open the sump plugs. One of them is right above a cross member so makes a right mess if you open it - it least this way it should hopefully be a little trickle that comes out rather than a flood.

 

[badabec]

Citroen DS. Remove sump plug, drain oil. Undo ring of retaining bolts to remove plate. Remember next time to roll your sleeves up. Undo central bolt and remove filter. Remove the cracked and hardened rubber ring from the oil pump. Fit new filter. Align triangle on filter housing with triangle on sump. New thick gasket on cover plate. Carefully tighten the ring of bolts. Sack the apprentice for stripping all the threads in the alloy sump. Refit sump plug plus new copper washer.
Simple. Repeat every 5000 miles.

The Traction Avant doesn't have an oil filter. Just change every 3000 miles.