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Has anyone installed one of these? Looks like it could take away the pain out of oil changes on my FL 120.
https://www.ezoildrain.ca/
https://www.ezoildrain.ca/
EZ oil Drain Valve
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I've used them on my cars for 25 years. These: Fumoto® Valve Online
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While I don’t have that exact drain, it is wonderful to have a drain with a hose to hook to a pump for draining the oil. I love mine.
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I have never been able to drain oil out the oil pan plug. I have either sucked it out the dip stick tube or sucked it out of a hose attached to a valve installed in the oil pan.
If you have the room to get a drain pan under your engine then it should work fine. I prefer the safety of a valve with a hose where the end of the hose is higher than the oil pan.
If you have the room to get a drain pan under your engine then it should work fine. I prefer the safety of a valve with a hose where the end of the hose is higher than the oil pan.
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They have a valve that has a hose bib on it so you can attach a hose.
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I’ve installed that type on one of my cars. Easier to get the oil to go where I want when it is drained. Works well. I don’t seen anything wrong with simply leaving the hose attached to the barb and then using a pump on the hose to extract the oil. Easier than using the dipstick. I would have done it on other boats, but accessing the drain plug was nigh near impossible and my current boat has an oil change system.
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That is what I have in my current boat. It is just a different valve, it is a petcock. I just hook my pump up to the hose and 3 minutes later the 22 quarts are out of the engine.
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So even with a drain valve, you still have to use a pump to get the oil out?
