My Ace has the tubing I’ve used for replacement on my oil extractor. Make sure it’s the hard high temperature stuff or it will collapse as soon as warm oil starts flowing through it. Don’t ask me how I know...
-D > On May 20, 2019, at 10:42 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > I have a *real* branded Topsider but years of using it without the thin tube > made the adapter between the fat and thin tubes lose suction. I just looked > at their website and I see you can buy the whole tube set with adapter for > $9. I may spend some time at my local hardware store squeezing different > tubes together to see if I can find a blend that works as good, otherwise I > might just buy the tube. > Again, no advantage to the topsider on my Jetta, I still have to go under the > car to replace the filter... > -Curt > > On Monday, May 20, 2019, 10:39:39 AM EDT, Curley McLain via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Or, build your own WIlton Sucker for $5. Personally, I bought some > nice 3 gallon SS soda/acid fire extinguishers ($5 ea), modified the > handle so I can pin the valve open and use that with compressed air and > a HF vacuum dealie to suck out the oil. The ext. has an air valve, when > done sucking, i charge the ext with 5-10 PSI then discharge the used oel > into jugs to take to FLAPS for recycle. > > Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote on 5/20/19 9:28 AM: >> Nothing. The MB dipstick tube goes all the way to the bottom so it pulls >> just as much oil as using the drain. I remember years ago somebody did a >> test and pulled the oil pan, the topsider I think got more oil because there >> was residual around the plug hole. Its also much nicer to deal with a >> topsider full of oil than a pan. >> >> On my Jetta a topsider is no advantage really since you need to go down >> below to replace the oil filter anyway. On Angie's Golf it'd be nice to stay >> up top... >> >> -Curt >> >> > > > _______________________________________ > http://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 > > 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 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
