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[Mark]

Yes, its cheaper(under $10 on rock auto), I was also hoping a regular socket would fit over it for installation(unlike fumoto). But it didnt so i ended up spending $35+ on a set of crow foot wrenches.

Im not super concerned as the valve faces the rear of the car and requires it to be pushed toward the front of the car and twisted to open, A force/motion that unlikely to occur when hitting road debris or what have you. Also it has 4.4/5 stars on Amazon so that gives me some confidence. I did find the sprinkler effect photo you mentioned on an advancedautoparts.com review.

The hose feature is not applicable to me/us as you still need to be using a pan to catch what comes out of the filter. Unless maybe some sort of filter without anti drainback valve is in use and doesnt retain oil in the filter.



At 6:08 in the video, direct link here I test how much oil is retained in the oil pan with the valve installed and the car on the ground. Although the car was probably slightly angled front down as the garage floor should slope toward the drain in the ground and away from the walls. I estimated that it retained 225ml of oil. To fill the pan and filter full i add approximately 3.25 to 3.4L. That means that I am retaining approximately 7% of the oil when changing it without using ramps/jacks and with the valve. Im ok with that.

I thought it opened the opposite way. I would feel better about what you described.

I tend to use two cheap plastic trays (dish tubs or kitty litter trays) when I do oil changes. While one is catching the oil from the valve, the other one is under my filter. I tend to change the filter while it's draining on all my vehicles.

To be honest 7% oil retained in the pan does bother me, because I have to be the most disgusting oil is sitting on the bottom of the pan.

I made homemade ramps out of old "2 x 8" boards that I had sitting around. I cut three boards of different lengths, angled one end of each length, nailed them together, and added a 4" x 4" block on the end of the top board (to prevent driving past the end). I just drive up those when I do oil changes now. I think the angle helps more oil drain out of the Fumoto valve, too. I level the car when I am done, & I top off the new oil to the top dipstick mark.

I didn't explore a lot of options when I bought the Fumoto valve for my Mirage, but there are several options out there -

https://rxmechanic.com/best-oil-drain-valve/

[mohammad]

I thought it opened the opposite way. I would feel better about what you described.

I tend to use two cheap plastic trays (dish tubs or kitty litter trays) when I do oil changes. While one is catching the oil from the valve, the other one is under my filter. I tend to change the filter while it's draining on all my vehicles.

To be honest 7% oil retained in the pan does bother me, because I have to be the most disgusting oil is sitting on the bottom of the pan.

I made homemade ramps out of old "2 x 8" boards that I had sitting around. I cut three boards of different lengths, angled one end of each length, nailed them together, and added a 4" x 4" block on the end of the top board (to prevent driving past the end). I just drive up those when I do oil changes now. I think the angle helps more oil drain out of the Fumoto valve, too. I level the car when I am done, & I top off the new oil to the top dipstick mark.

I didn't explore a lot of options when I bought the Fumoto valve for my Mirage, but there are several options out there -

https://rxmechanic.com/best-oil-drain-valve/

I agree angling the car is better but 99.99% of quick lube and mechanics will do an oil change with the car level, either on the ground or on a hoist. If its good enough for them then its good enough for me. I considered idling for a bit before changing the oil to allow for anything that settled on the bottom of the pan to be pulled into suspension. But I don't care that much.

Only 3 unique valve designs exist on the market(that ive seen), the Fumoto you have(ball valve) the weird rubber o ring seal thing i have and the other ones all require you to clean and store an adapter hose thing to drain the oil which i didn't like.

Im effectively doing a 2000 mile, 4 month oil change interval, im fairly certain no one on the forum is wasting money on oil changes more agressively than me.

[Mark]

I agree angling the car is better but 99.99% of quick lube and mechanics will do an oil change with the car level, either on the ground or on a hoist. If its good enough for them then its good enough for me. I considered idling for a bit before changing the oil to allow for anything that settled on the bottom of the pan to be pulled into suspension. But I don't care that much.

Only 3 unique valve designs exist on the market(that ive seen), the Fumoto you have(ball valve) the weird rubber o ring seal thing i have and the other ones all require you to clean and store an adapter hose thing to drain the oil which i didn't like.

Im effectively doing a 2000 mile, 4 month oil change interval, im fairly certain no one on the forum is wasting money on oil changes more agressively than me.

2000 mile or every 4 months is quite often. This lady bought one car & took care of it for over 50 years -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwcRG2aEi3s&t=14s

I think she may have done 1,000 mile oil changes, but she also didn't drive much apparently.

I will drive a vehicle at least a mile or two before I change the oil, but I am not certain how critical that is.

[mohammad]

2000 mile or every 4 months is quite often. This lady bought one car & took care of it for over 50 years -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlIWci6fTyk

I think she may have done 1,000 mile oil changes, but she also didn't drive much apparently.

I will drive a vehicle at least a mile or two before I change the oil, but I am not certain how critical that is.

you shared a video about a cross bow being set on fire.

[Fummins]

I agree, 2000 is probably the most wasteful that I have seen. I change oil on our fleet at 6000km(4000miles?) using cheap bulk oil.
As for tilting the car to drain oil...I only did that at home a few times just so I could fit under the car easier. I usually keep the car level and don't see a huge advantage of running it up on ramps. The engine oil pan is already shaped in a way that oil is directed at the drain hole, unlike the cvt pan where the plug is on the high side.

[Dirk Diggler]

I do 12k km oil changes with 0W-20. I figure I might as well get some high grade synthetic if I'm going to go that long between changes. I bet these engines could handle 16k km oil changes with ease.

[Mark]

you shared a video about a cross bow being set on fire.

That's funny! That was surely a different discussion with someone frustrated with his Ravin crossbow. I edited the other post now.