Larry, I have had two Topsiders over the years and both wore out prematurely, in my opinion.
I still have the cans that I use for waste oil storage and transport, but the pump parts are long gone. While I decided I don't want to mess with the expense of a new oil extractor, when I recently rejoined the MB world I looked carefully at the various extraction units that are on the market. The least expensive and best reviewed seemed to be the MityVac extractors, of which there are several models. If you search on Amazon you can see them all at once. I had looked at an extractor that was much less expensive and was marketed more towards the lawn mower crowd that was being sold at Lowe's, but they stopped carrying the larger capacity model, which would have been necessary for our cars. The MityVac models start around $70 and go up from there, but they seem to be well constructed and durable, not to mention they have a smaller footprint that the Topsiders. That's always been one of my concerns with them - they take up a lot of space. Dan On Apr 15, 2013, at 12:26 PM, LarryT wrote: > Hi Gang, > My TopSider seems to be dieing (the vacuum pump no longer works even though I > oil it regularly) and I plan to replace it. I've struggled with it the > last 2 oil changes and have vowed 'never again' so I am looking for a new one. > > Are there any brands which have taken over the top spot as the best oil > suction unit? > > Is there a preferred place to buy one from? Best price? > > Thanks, > LarryT > 91 300D > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
