<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br>On Jan 17, 2020, at 20:08, Bob Spidell via Shop-talk <<a href="mailto:shop-talk@autox.team.net">shop-talk@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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Folks,<br>
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What do y'all use to suck oil out of small engines? I've got one of
these, but it never worked worth a damn and the tubing got brittle
and cracked pretty quickly:<br>
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The problem with it is no matter how fast I pumped there would never
be sufficient vacuum in the canister to move the oil up and out of a
sump. I've got several small displacement engines that need their
oil changed regularly--one is a gravel compactor that weighs over
200lbs--and trying to tip the engine enough to drain the oil is a
real hassle (and messy). Anyone know of something that works (I see
HF has something similar, but the reviews are mixed and it seems to
have the same issues as the 'Topsider').<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div>My dad had one of those, and he and I used it for decades. I replaced the hoses a couple times, with stuff from whardware or auto parts store. The tricks were to get hoses that fit properly, and a better clamp to pinch the hose off with. Also hot oil, and keep the hose in the oil the whole time. (If it can suck air, the vacuum is gone fast. Close the valve and pump it back up,)</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I never used it on any thing but a small engines, on random lawn and farm tools, with a sump capacity of a couple quarts tops. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><br></div></blockquote></div></body></html>