CTYankee
04-20-2015, 03:12 AM
This weekend I completed a successful oil change with my brand new schwaben extractor (acquired from ECS along with five filters and an air filter).
The Unit is well constructed, comes with filler attachments for various transmission and diff fills. (Unit does out and in). That being said, My main purpose for the purchase was clean and easy oil changes. Access through the oil dipstick tube is a sweet way to go. Old filter in and out, extraction through oil dipstick, new oil in. Done.
Suffice it to say, the poly tube that comes with the unit is approx 3.5 inches too short to reach the bottom of the pan. Not good. uncool in a "How much did you guys save by cutting back the length by 3.5 inches?" Kind of way...
So, because I really wanted to replace more than three quarts of the oil, my effort included a run to the friendly neighborhood Home Depot for 10 feet of 3/8 OD 1/4 ID tubing (two bucks), which is a good replacement for the stock tube on the schwaben. After the added minutes to add the New tube I was good to go.
Aside from the annoyance of spending 150 on the unit, and having it not "measure up" in terms of the extraction tube included, the unit worked flawlessly and removed all of the oil in a couple of minutes. Well made, nice features, and easy to operate. The aspect I didn't like, Obviously, was The ridiculously short extraction tube.
The Unit is well constructed, comes with filler attachments for various transmission and diff fills. (Unit does out and in). That being said, My main purpose for the purchase was clean and easy oil changes. Access through the oil dipstick tube is a sweet way to go. Old filter in and out, extraction through oil dipstick, new oil in. Done.
Suffice it to say, the poly tube that comes with the unit is approx 3.5 inches too short to reach the bottom of the pan. Not good. uncool in a "How much did you guys save by cutting back the length by 3.5 inches?" Kind of way...
So, because I really wanted to replace more than three quarts of the oil, my effort included a run to the friendly neighborhood Home Depot for 10 feet of 3/8 OD 1/4 ID tubing (two bucks), which is a good replacement for the stock tube on the schwaben. After the added minutes to add the New tube I was good to go.
Aside from the annoyance of spending 150 on the unit, and having it not "measure up" in terms of the extraction tube included, the unit worked flawlessly and removed all of the oil in a couple of minutes. Well made, nice features, and easy to operate. The aspect I didn't like, Obviously, was The ridiculously short extraction tube.