Sloppy 2.7 oil change

Acpantera · January 2, 2022

Has anyone figured out how to not make a mess while draining a 2.7 with the huge drain hole?

Flipn oil comes out like a fire hose.

Grumpy Bear · January 2, 2022

Lot's of devices. I use Valvomax. Fumoto, EZ-drain, Aeroquip are others.

CamGTP · January 2, 2022

Drain the oil when it's cold is your other option.

Supreme Pizza · January 2, 2022

All sloppy and... no Joe?

Acpantera · January 2, 2022

I'll have to ck deeper into the quick valves, when I did ck nobody made one for the silly quick release drain plug on the 2.7.

First oil change I did cold and with the fill cap on...still a gusher.

Maybe I'll try a bucket to drain in next time.

Grumpy Bear · January 2, 2022

3 hours ago, Acpantera said:

I'll have to ck deeper into the quick valves, when I did ck nobody made one for the silly quick release drain plug on the 2.7.

First oil change I did cold and with the fill cap on...still a gusher.

Maybe I'll try a bucket to drain in next time.

I haven't seen the drain on this motor. Are you saying it isn't a threaded plug? :nonod:

shakenfake · January 2, 2022

You can always go the German route and use a vacuum pump to suck it out.

Acpantera · January 2, 2022

10 hours ago, Grumpy Bear said:

I haven't seen the drain on this motor. Are you saying it isn't a threaded plug?

Correct, plastic plug that you use the 3/8 square drive to remove. Much like the fill cap with out the molded handle, and nearly as big in diameter. I like the concept, but it's very large and the oil splashes all over.

Acpantera · January 2, 2022

9 hours ago, shakenfake said:

You can always go the German route and use a vacuum pump to suck it out.

Yeah, I have a good extractor too, but I like to get all the juice out, usually let mine drain/ drip for 15min at jus the right angle, RF just a tad higher than the other 3 corners.

customboss · January 2, 2022

I used a large 16 qt plastic oil drain pan and it captured most of the splash but like a VW GTI it spews for sure. I am picky about allowing to drain the crankcase as much as possible too.

The plug is a 90 degree locking plastic piece like the oil pan bottom.

Gangly · January 6, 2022

Fumoto valves.

I have them on our three main vehicles and they work great. You can attach a rubber hose to them and drain the oil into a container as well.

Grumpy Bear · January 7, 2022

On 1/2/2022 at 9:38 AM, Acpantera said:

Correct, plastic plug that you use the 3/8 square drive to remove. Much like the fill cap with out the molded handle, and nearly as big in diameter. I like the concept, but it's very large and the oil splashes all over.

You have any friends in the machine shop business? Have it cloned. It's center fit for a larger thread. An adaptor if you read me. Then for the quick valve of your choice.

JimCost2014 · January 7, 2022

huge drain hole

No, I had better not go there, hmmm, no......

Acpantera · January 7, 2022

13 hours ago, Grumpy Bear said:

You have any friends in the machine shop business? Have it cloned. It's center fit for a larger thread. An adaptor if you read me. Then for the quick valve of your choice.

That's a creative thought, thanks. If my next plan of attack doesn't work out, I'll pursue that.

Winter is coming on strong now, so March should be my next oil change.

Going to use a taller pale next time to try and contain the splash down.