Oil Pan Drain Fitting For Oil Removal
Michael T
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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.
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edited to add: https://www.qwikvalve.com/About-Fumoto.html
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.
That Fumoto valve does look like a well-made device. I like the positive-locking handle. I smell an upgrade for LaRea.