Date:         Sun, 10 May 1998 17:15:31 -0500
Reply-To:     William Ward <wward@TEXOMA.NET>
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From:         William Ward <wward@TEXOMA.NET>
Subject:      Re: Changing the engine oil
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At 02:47 PM 5/10/98 -0700, you wrote:
>Another method that I have never tried, but have been
>wondering about it, is to use a vacuum pump (as used in
>boat engines) to extract the oil through the dipstick tube.
>It would make oil changes cleaner and easier.
>Does anyone use this method?
>Harald
>'90 westy
>
>

I lived in Germany for about 19 years.  Prior to 1992, I used to see
machines at the Esso, Shell and other gasoline stations where you would
insert your 5 Mark piece and insert a tube from the machine into your
dipstick tube to suction our the oil.  They were discontinued a few years
ago because (I think) they did not completely remove the oil (still some in
the filter) and were environmentally unfriendly.  Bottom line: it works, but
doesn't remove all the oil, so you will still be running on dirty oil if you
don't also change the filter at the same time.

Bill
'86 GL