How long do you drain your motor oil?
- Thread starter Krieg
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Back when I was doing OC's my garage was not big enough so it was done in the driveway. How long I let it drain depended on the wind, if not windy I would let it drain to slow drip but if it was windy I'd stop as soon as I seen the wind was going to start blowing oil every where.
I open the drain plug, let the bulk of it come out, then hand tighten it. Then I remove the oil filter, wait a few minutes, and open the drain plug and let the rest of it come out. It's more satisfying to put the drain plug back in, because when you do take it back out, it looks like more comes out then if you just let it drip for a long time. 
Until it start dripping instead of stream
Until she starts yelling at me that the kids are driving her crazy!... Then, I slowly crawl out from under the truck.
Drain it warm until it drips. Been doing it for 207K miles. So far, so good.
jagdriver727
Site Donor 2021
If I’m doing several cars at once I’ll get them all draining and go back to the first one once I’ve pulled the drain plug on the last.
One car, I’ll rotate the tires (if applicable) and do other little stuff while it’s draining. Never really thought about how long, but always until after the the stream has slowed to a very slow drip.
One car, I’ll rotate the tires (if applicable) and do other little stuff while it’s draining. Never really thought about how long, but always until after the the stream has slowed to a very slow drip.
I let 'er drip about as long as it takes me to go get the oil and filter from the stash and put the new filter on. Any longer than that and I'm liable to forget what I'm doing and fail to put the plug back in. 
