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Best way to drain the engine oil?

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4ndy:
http://www.pelapumps.co.uk/default.aspx?a10page=pl6000 

dazza:
I have an oil extractor i use it on the beater as i can also get the oil filter out from the top.

I don't usually use it on the golf i'm not convinced that it gets all the oil out. But when i do the oil change in a couple of weeks i'm going to use the extractor then drop the sump plug just to see if it misses anything.

chris s:
Well apart from a small spillage when removing the filter (hadn't appreciated how much oil would be held in there) the oil and filter change seemed to go quite well.  Both the sump plug and oil filter housing needed some gentle persuasion to come undone but chuffed I avoided paying to have it done

rich83:
I've just done the same on my wife's car. The dump plug was a bit stiff, but loosened up with a bash on the spanner.

pudding:

--- Quote from: chris s on May 04, 2015, 08:16:46 pm ---Well apart from a small spillage when removing the filter (hadn't appreciated how much oil would be held in there) the oil and filter change seemed to go quite well.  Both the sump plug and oil filter housing needed some gentle persuasion to come undone but chuffed I avoided paying to have it done

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The housing can be a bitch when over-tightened, usually resulting in them splitting when using a breaker bar.  I keep a new one on standby for such eventualities.  Happened to me on my R32 twice!    As for the sump plug, a lot of mechanics see a big M14 bolt and think it needs M14 torque!  20lbft is plenty for that and the plastic filter housing.

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