Good oil changer "vacuum pump" recommendation
 

I need to buy an oil changer pump for changing engine oil. Anybody have a recommendation on one that works good. Electric's may be nice, but I figure a hand pump will last longer, and much cheaper. Will use about twice a year. Some names I've seen... Mity Vac, Moeller, Jabsco.

I have the Moller one, $50.00 at West Marine. Works flawlessly.

Brother in law has had the same one for about 5 years now, same thing, works as it should.

No need to get fancy with it.

How much does it hold. Be nice to hold all engine oil at once instead of doing it twice.

I have the Mity-Vac. Use it after running the engine and the oil is warm. Hook it straight to the dipstick tube, 4 to 5 pumps and oil is out in about 3 minutes. Holds about 2 to 2.5 gallons.

I have a Mity-Vac also. It works great as long as the ambient temp is not to high. If its too hot outside, they will collapse on themselves and make quite a mess. I found this out the hard way, one time changing oil on my 35, when it was about 120F in the storage unit. :rolleyes: I called Mity Vac and told them what happened, and they sent me a brand new unit, free of charge! I was impressed.

I have the style that looks like old school metal gas can. (forget the brand). Hand pump works perfectly as long as oil is warmed up, had had it for like 5-6 yrs. I have a friend with a tall cylindrical one that only holds 4 qts and he has to stop and empty 1/2 way thru. I am usually drinking beer as it pumps oil out so that is too much inconvenience for me, I vote for one that holds the capacity of motor.

These seem to be very popular and are very heavy duty to last a lifetime. Holds 6.5 liters. http://www.keitheickert.com/detail.aspx?ID=3353

Thanks for the info. Hey, I'm down in La. so it gets pretty hot, but not 120, even in the shop! i like the idea of one holding all the oil at once too.

I'll bet they don't even make em in metal anymore. Quality stuff has gone downhill.

Yeah, mine takes two trips. I think it holds around 5 or 6 quarts. That is a downside, I agree.

I have a mighty vac one that is air operated. Works really well. plug it up and let it pump. It does have to be emptied one time though.

I got my mity-vac from tooltopia dot com. It was ~ $75 and I also got the brake bleeder kit ... makes bleeding the trailer brakes, or any other brakes a breeze. It was ~ $15 extra. It holds 8 liters (or something like that), so you don't have to empty part way thru an oil change on a Mercury blue motor. I was working on my boat in a large sheet metal storage facility in mid-summer in NC when the temp was right at 120F inside. Didn't stay in there very long ... jumped in the boat, stuck the sucker tube down the oil dipstick tube, pumped the mity vac several times and left. Came back to a really big mess. It imploded on itself somewhere about 3 qts into the process! I reinforced that one with 4" Schedule 40 PVC pipe, inside the tank, and still have it as a back-up, or to lend out to friends when they need one.

thanks again.
I think I'll go get one, sounds much easier than the old fashion way I been doing it for 25 years.