giogringo

ECS sells one for 50 bones, are there any alternatives out there? Do you even need a spout? It looks as though you could drain it without one if you needed... ?

boki-san

just do it normally once, and see if it makes enough of a mess that you'd want to spend $50 and handle a section of dirty oily tubing every oil change, instead. (and store a length of dirty oily tubing somewhere, between oil changes)

and you don't drain all your oil from there, just what's in the filter housing, so it's really not a big deal.

it doesn't make a mess at all on my car, it's a very clean process. i like it as it is

giogringo

yeah, I know the only drainage is oil from the housing, but the reason I ask is because I did drain it without one -- and it was a mess Luckily the auto parts store was kind enough to provide some cardboard that kept the concrete clean.

I may have made a bigger mess by trying to prevent making a mess. Being too careful may have lead to carelessness.

i didn't know that any tubing was necessary... i thought it was just a spout...?

MikeSS

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giogringo

... the valve looks like a tire valve stem. It seems like thered be a very cheap and easy way to achieve the function of these drains without much effort.

i would, however, be pretty hesitant to go pokin around *****-nilly under there

MikeSS

that it didn't reseat correctly afterwards thus creating an oil leak.

MisterJJ

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giogringo

thanks! that last post looks promising...

Hesaputz

plus about another 1/2 qt - about 5.8 quarts total to top line.

giogringo

I put in 4.5 as TFM states with oil filter change... and level looked fine.