I need an oil pan drain please

[luckystryke]

I did search and I found a thread a few years old. I grew up changing oil but the last few years out of convenience I took vehicles to a really good local place. Now I've decided to go back to my own service. What oil pan drain catch are y'all using?

 

[GaryMX5]

These are my favorite. Have one of each size. The big one can be bulky and a little harder to drain. The 2 gallon is perfect for most cars and is easy to handle. Available at lots of places for a little less.
https://capritools.com/product/oil-drain-pan/

 

[skyactiv]

I have a Chilton drain pan bought half a lifetime ago. I slide a heavy duty silver tarp under the car when doing an oil change.

 

[skyactiv]

Napa has the knockoff version for $15 as part # CHT CODP8L

 

[50yr Street Mech]

Been using the Flo Tool drain pan for eons. Has a plastic wing nut thingy you screw into it when done draining, has an area to drain the oil filter, got a vent on it so it doesn't glug-glug when transferring oil to another container for disposal. Holds 15 qts. Part # 11838. It's also not too shallow, so you don't get warm/hot oil splashing over the top of it, making a mess.

 

[User_19876]

Those larger round ones. I also bought one of those magnet-on-a-spring tools to make the last few turns when removing my drain plugs. Previously, I was using Votex drains, but I wanted to go back to magnetic plugs.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MSJEBBO?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title

 

[Sequoiasoon]

I have a probably 40 year old Rubbermaid dish pan in what might have been a pink color but now faded/changed with some beige. I'll need to see if it lists size but the 6.2qt Sonata fills it pretty high. I pour from a corner into funnel into the empty 5qt oil jug (and maybe a different jug).

Same pan gets used for brake work, transmission drain and fill, rear end drain and fill. Scratched to crap from al the years but no leaks (yet). Much more sturdy than the dollar store versions I have like it for other stuff.

It's old like me. My son jokes it will be in my casket in case I need it later................

 

[paulri]

I have this one: https://www.autozone.com/p/flotool-...roductBrandId=CJVS&productUniqueId=5270934002

This one says 16 quarts, mine is 11 but apart from that it is the same. Has plenty of area to catch the oil; and a nice raised area to put the filter and let the oil in the filter drain into the oil gathering at the bottom of the pan, without having to put the filter directly into the oil. I do cut open some of my filters so that is nice--cuts down on the amount of oil that comes out when I do that, or even if I'm only going to be putting the filter back into a box to await a trip to household hazardous waste.

EDIT: I suspect that the rectangular shape, plus the lip on one of the corners, is much easier to pour the oil out of, than a round oil pan. Its less likely to spill IMO.

 

[SC Maintenance]

I have a probably 40 year old Rubbermaid dish pan in what might have been a pink color but now faded/changed with some beige. I'll need to see if it lists size but the 6.2qt Sonata fills it pretty high. I pour from a corner into funnel into the empty 5qt oil jug (and maybe a different jug).

Same pan gets used for brake work, transmission drain and fill, rear end drain and fill. Scratched to crap from al the years but no leaks (yet). Much more sturdy than the dollar store versions I have like it for other stuff.

It's old like me. My son jokes it will be in my casket in case I need it later................

Me too, its 8 quart, its maybe 20 years old though. I squeegee it out, wipe it with a paper towel and put my grease gun, plews gun, and funnels back in it and put it back on the shelf.

 

[spasm3]

I have this one, I like it.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07R92VT2V?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_15&th=1

 

[JoeDirt41]

Been using one of these all my life. Have yet to find one I like better. I think they are long discontinued unfortunately. When I have to drain something that is gonna splash and make a big mess, I use those shallow concrete mixing tubs from the hardware store. Otherwise, I use this guy.

 

[iCurious]

The one from Autozone - 6 Qts with measurements. Cheap and effective.

 

[D60]

Honestly I have an old school galvanized steel one. I really appreciate the no-nonsense durability. Steel is real, as chro-mo bike builders used to say.

But usually I'm draining on the lift so I don't use a shallow pan. Lately I like using cheap graduated buckets from HD. Kinda interesting to see about how much comes out, especially with Subarus

 

[xspeedy]

These are my favorite. Have one of each size. The big one can be bulky and a little harder to drain. The 2 gallon is perfect for most cars and is easy to handle. Available at lots of places for a little less.
https://capritools.com/product/oil-drain-pan/

I like the large antifreeze one because I can use it for anything and because the larger size can catch oil dribbling from my pan drain and my filter as I remove it at the same time. When I remove my filter, a bit more oil comes out of the drain. It just offers more flexibility.

 

[Leo99]

My favorite is the big round one with the spigot as shown above. Easy to drain and easy to pour into a jug to take to the waste oil place for disposal. If I don't want to use the ramps, I have a rectangular pan that holds less but it shorter and fits under my Camry. It also makes more of a mess pouring into my jug. The ones I have are black but yellow seems the proper color if I had my choice. Get one that has a cap on the spigot to make things less messy.

 

[Carmudgeon]

My Rubbermaid pan has to be more than 30 years old. They were discontinued a long time ago.

The rubber gasket that seals that drain cap has seen better days, but otherwise, it doesn't leak when tilted to drain, isn't brittle (I've had detailing supply bottles that held more benign contents shatter -- looking at you, Meguiars), and works like it always has, despite constant oil residue because I never bother to clean the inside.

It's such a remarkably simple concept and works so well that I'm puzzled that nobody has tried to mimic it.

 

[CarLuver]

Been using one of these all my life. Have yet to find one I like better. I think they are long discontinued unfortunately. When I have to drain something that is gonna splash and make a big mess, I use those shallow concrete mixing tubs from the hardware store. Otherwise, I use this guy.
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have the same one ,but my lid is red . still like new after so many years . the plastic they used was good stuff. has not gone brittle even though there is a film of oil constantly

 

[GRjdm]

the one from harbor freight is cheap and does the job.
https://www.harborfreight.com/oil-pan-with-spout-69467.html

 

[rodinator1234]

Been using one of these all my life. Have yet to find one I like better. I think they are long discontinued unfortunately. When I have to drain something that is gonna splash and make a big mess, I use those shallow concrete mixing tubs from the hardware store. Otherwise, I use this guy.
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I have one of these as well mine is red, I have had it idk 25 years. My favorite pan, I wish they still made them.

 

[Finklejag]

I just replaced my old blue one with this green one from Grainger. I like this one because it has a cap on the spout.

https://www.grainger.com/product/WESTWARD-Drain-Pan-Polyethylene-45CT67