Fumoto or Quick Release Oil Plugs...

[zcspec]

I've used these many times on my other vehicles. I love how easy oil changes are for me and the mess associated with the change is close to non-existent. With my AR approaching 10K, I'll be performing the oil change shortly and wanted to install another one of these valves.

How many of you have this type of valve installed?

[Shimmy]

hey p, just get an oil extractor or come over and use mine. takes 15minutes for oil changes

[blbroo]

hey p, just get an oil extractor or come over and use mine. takes 15minutes for oil changes

^ yep. Extractor is the way to go.

[shaunm82]

Ditto to all that. Bought an extractor when I picked up the Audi a couple years ago, and I'll never look back.

[zcspec]

Well, considering that the Futomoto valve is already 1/2 the cost of a decent extractor AND I don't need to get underneath my car using an extractor, this may be the way to go!

[TCHUN003]

I have a fumoto valve for sale if you want it. It's nice to get under the car to make sure everything looks okay and there are no other issues/leaks etc.

[zcspec]

I have a fumoto valve for sale if you want it. It's nice to get under the car to make sure everything looks okay and there are no other issues/leaks etc.

Thanks TCHUNG003, but I think I will be getting an extractor.

[S4'ed]

I use the Fumoto valve on many of my cars, but I would not recommend it for the 3.0T, because the drain-plug faces down, and a Fumoto, sticking down, will be vulnerable to being torn out if you drive over something.

I prefer to drain my oil, that lets me do an inspection of the underneath.....and wipe up the bit of oil that always leaks down to the bottom of the bell housing from the oil filter change.......and my lift makes that easy anyway.......

[slacktide]

I have an extractor. Only used it once, but so far not a fan. 2 issues for me - first, how do you know that the tube is correctly inserted and not over/under inserted? In my case, I think it was overinserted and curled up higher than the floor of the oil pan, so not all the old oil was evacuated. Since there is no way to tell that this has happened, I put in the quantity of oil specified in the manual, then checked my dipstick and found the level was WAY higher than max and had to suck some out.

The other issue is, it really wasn't all that convenient or fast. My standard oil change procedure is the drive onto ramps, put on latex gloves, drop the drainplug and filter, go inside for a beer, decide the beer was pretty good and have a second beer, then reinstall plug and filter. With the vac you get to skip the ramps, but the process requires more manual intervention. Stick the tube in the dipstick, pull a vacuum, confirm that it has (slowly) started doing it's sucky-sucky on the oil, then head in for a beer. Then come out, the vacuum is depleted, there is some oil in the sucker, but is it ALL there? Better be safe, pull a vacuum again. Yup, it's still sucking some more oil out. Check again in 10 minutes. Pull a vacuum again, yup more oil.

In my (one) experience so far, it is slower, less convenient, and less reliable than good ol' gravity. And, you still have to store the sucker somewhere. Once my Audicare expires (I prefer to change every 5k) I will probably change over to a fumoto valve, and have an aircraft sheet metal mechanic I know add a nice access door in the underbody tray so that I don't have to remove it to get to the oil pan. Similar to this but more awesome. http://www.bokchoys.com/differential...res/oil_09.jpg

[Shimmy]

^ you're doing it all wrong then. lol jk.

[s4baby]

While we're on the subject, what is the highest quality extractor you can buy?

[Lambda13]

I bought a cheap harbor freight one that is just a hand pump.

[blbroo]

While we're on the subject, what is the highest quality extractor you can buy?

Not sure about highest quality, but for best deal, you can't beat this one. $18 and does the job in 10-15 minutes.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...ilpage_o06_s00

I just kept moving the tube around after it would stop pumping until I got all of the oil I could out. Seemed to get everything. Plus, it's small, so storage is easy.

[zcspec]

I've been looking at the MityVac system. Looks to be a decent setup and it will allow me to attache a brake bleeding kit.

[S4'ed]

For brake bleeding, a pressure bleeder (connects at the master cylinder reservoir cap) is way better than a vacuum bleeder at the caliper bleeder screws (they will suck in air at the loosened screws, and you will get air bubbles which are hard to discern from real air bubbles in the system)