Oil Pan Drain Fitting For Oil Removal

Michael T

After our discussion of drain pan fittings and pumps a week or so ago  I decided to see if I could find one of the drain pan oil removal fittings I had used in the past. Overtons used to sell a complete oil removal system - brass drain pan fitting, hose and 12v oil removal pump. I installed them on a couple of my boats and for a number of friends. Some of the installs are over 15 years and are till working great. Overtons no longer sells the pump and I believe Quick Drain was bought-out by a competitor, but like I posted in the earlier discussion, I think, at least as of 2015, Overtons still sells the oil pan fitting and hose as a complete assembly and you pick the pump yourself from another supplier. You can see from the fitting that there was a quality Teflon/noryl washer on the pump end of the fitting. This was the end that I cross notched to get all of the oil out. I thought I had a spare around somewhere and found it as I thought it might be interesting. All this has got me motivated to see if I can find an "automatic" oil removal system  that is not through the dipstick for my 502s as the through the dipstick removal system left about a pint of used oil in my pan before I went to the bottom-type oil pan removal fitting. At the moment I like the Reverso systems.

212rowboat

fumoto makes the best fitting available so far as I'm concerned.  I have one on each of my vehicles, and have three on my diesel- one on the oil pan sump, and one on either side of the block's coolant passages... I wouldn't mind putting a couple on the boats block, too- they are sturdy pieces of equipment, and make changing fluids a LOT easier- plus, they'll pay for themselves with a quickness, as you don't ever have to worry about replacing the crush washer again. 

edited to add:  https://www.qwikvalve.com/About-Fumoto.html

Michael T

@212rwoboat. Are the drain hoses on your vehicles permanently installed? My friend has a bunch of trucks that he has quick oil change fittings running from the pan. The hoses for these are SS to avoid nicks etc from stone damage. Pretty cool!

212rowboat

yup... the fumoto is permanently installed... just like the plug, but not a plug... I have a hose in my change kit I slip over the nipple, so as not to lose it driving down the road- I think the fumoto's with the nipple are designated with the same part number, but with a dash A on the end (-a), or maybe it's a -p, but it's a dash something.   

point is, of all the gadgets out there that do the same thing, the fumoto is the ONLY one I trust.  Once you get one in your hand, you'll see why immediately.  

LaRea

MT, thanks for posting!

That Fumoto valve does look like a well-made device.  I like the positive-locking handle.  I smell an upgrade for LaRea.