Stupid newbie question
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Stupid newbie question
All the sudden I have two 240 s a 79 + + 86 I even called up ipd but cannot get a straight correct answer to the question of what size socket fits the oil drain bolt? They told me 17 mm over the phone and that's certainly not it! Thank you for everybody's answers I tried using a pump for oil changes on other vehicles and found out the hard way on my Suburban that part of the oil pan was much lower and completely miss getting 2 dirty quarts out
Last edited by Rally Larry; 08-15-2019 at 01:28 PM.
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google tells me the proper name is Adjustable Spanner, but mine are older Made in USA Crescent brand, and I've always heard them called Crescent Wrenches... if you're careful to adjust them so they fit snuggly, they do as good a job as an open end wrench., and an oil plug shouldn't be torqued on that hard, anyways.
my 2002 F250 7.3 diesel truck (14 quarts, eeek!), I've replaced the oil plug with a Fumoto oil drain valve, absolutely awesome (and its high up enough that nothing is going to hit it that wasn't big enough to take out the front differential and antisway bar first)... my 93 and 94 Mercedes, the factory approved oil change method is to use an oil vacuum down the dipstick, which is really neat and clean, and on that car, gets /all/ the oil (naysayers were asked to try a sucker, then drop the plug and see what came out.... not a drop).
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Back in the day we called them "monkey" wrenches because, well, only a guy who never did any serious mechanical work, and therefore owned just one adjustable wrench, he'd use on everything with disastrous results. I still own several of them, including a Snap on which I'd never use on anything I didn't want to strip.
I suppose some cars may be OK with having the oil extracted but definitely not all. Dropping the oil via the plug for me is still the best way to go. The mess is less and I don't have to think about residue which always remains--it is impossible to extract it all, it's simple physics.
I suppose some cars may be OK with having the oil extracted but definitely not all. Dropping the oil via the plug for me is still the best way to go. The mess is less and I don't have to think about residue which always remains--it is impossible to extract it all, it's simple physics.
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a nice thing about the Mercedes W124 series (1986-1995 E class) with the M103 or M104 (2.6-3.2L straight 6) engines, the oil filters are accessed from on TOP, super easy to change. slightly offset by the M104 DOHC version using a fleece filter thats not in a cannister, so its kind of messy when you remove it, I remove the cap while I'm sucking the oil, then let it sit a good 30 minutes before pulling the fleece cartridge out and directly into a plastic bag to contain any oil drips. this reminds me, I'm overdue for changing the oil on my 93 300CE convertible.
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I suppose some cars may be OK with having the oil extracted but definitely not all. Dropping the oil via the plug for me is still the best way to go. The mess is less and I don't have to think about residue which always remains--it is impossible to extract it all, it's simple physics.
now, I tried this on my F250 7.3L diesel V8, I couldn't get more than about 8 of the 14 quarts out with the sucker, oooops. thats why I installed a fumoto. I wouldn't do this on a low slung car where the oil pan is jsut about flush with the bottom of the car, for fear of knocking it off by scraping something, but on that truck, the oil pan is inches higher than the front differential or the front antisway bar, so it would be really really hard to hit.
this fumoto does fit all the B230's...
T-204 | Fumoto® Engine Oil Drain Valves
picture shows it in the open position, that lever would be horizontal and pointing 'towards' the camera when closed.
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Back in the day we called them "monkey" wrenches because, well, only a guy who never did any serious mechanical work, and therefore owned just one adjustable wrench, he'd use on everything with disastrous results. I still own several of them, including a Snap on which I'd never use on anything I didn't want to strip.
I suppose some cars may be OK with having the oil extracted but definitely not all. Dropping the oil via the plug for me is still the best way to go. The mess is less and I don't have to think about residue which always remains--it is impossible to extract it all, it's simple physics.
I suppose some cars may be OK with having the oil extracted but definitely not all. Dropping the oil via the plug for me is still the best way to go. The mess is less and I don't have to think about residue which always remains--it is impossible to extract it all, it's simple physics.
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