Peter, its a question of whether the small tube will go down far enough into the transmission. When I got my extractor I found that it wouldn't on the Ford Ranger. It did work on the Slingshot (Ecotec motor) and now with the Audi. Maybe if you post your car, someone on here can tell you before you go to the expense of getting something you can't use.
Because it just doesn't sometimes. The 911 was baffled and why it doesn't work on my Atlas is a mystery. The oil filter is down below on the VR6 so I guess it doesn't matter.
Well, what car? My psychic network subscription expired...
2012 Acura TL 6MT with a 3.7 V-6
I have not serviced that engine. Basically, if the dip stick points to the deep part of the pan, you should be OK.
Thank you, since I found using a cheap vacuum extractor made changing the oil on my lawnmower much easier, thinking of using a mityv on my car.
I didn't think to time it. But once the flow had started, I'd say it probably took at least 10 minutes. Which seemed like a long time as I was watching it. Since it was my first time with the Mityvac I did not go off to do something else while it was draining. I stayed to watch it. At the time, it certainly didn't seem fast. I used the smaller of the two tubes provided per the instructions. Maybe I'll try the larger tube next time.
I'd say darn near all of it. The car holds six quarts. The Mityvac is graduated in liters. Six quarts is 5.68 liters. Looking at the canister after the extraction the oil was at roughly the 5.5 level. The tank is not finely graduated. Half liters is as exact as it gets. And the car may have used a very tiny bit of oil in the less than 4000 miles since last change, so I was impressed with amount of oil extracted.
Perfect. It’s just as much as if you replaced the plug when it was slowly dripping anyway. I don’t waste time letting the engine drip oil one drop at a time into the pan. Plug back in and move on to other things.
