Oil change drain pan

[Pdwight]

I have that same pan from Wally World and it works pretty good. I recently got a Mityvac evacuator from my wife as a gift, I have not tried it on the Boxster yet...but it worked so well on my E36 I can see it as my goto from now on involving removing liquid from "Things"

http://www.zoro.com/mityvac-fluid-evacuatorbrake-bleeder-pneumatic-07300/i/G0973174/?gclid=CjwKEAiAmeyxBRCJxoKk7IWLl2oSJABvZjhh5dWFZy5 vbXdF4gA07hePNF3TnZknQxr6k3trP6ljCBoC9Tnw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

[JFP in PA]

Originally Posted by Pdwight

I have that same pan from Wally World and it works pretty good. I recently got a Mityvac evacuator from my wife as a gift, I have not tried it on the Boxster yet...but it worked so well on my E36 I can see it as my goto from now on involving removing liquid from "Things"

Mityvac Fluid Evacuator/Brake Bleeder, Pneumatic 07300 | Zoro.com

Two well known problems with these things:

1. They do not drain all the oil out of the sump.
2. The tubing that you insert into the dipstick tube (which many cars no longer even have) often gets caught on various things inside the sump, preventing its extraction. We just had another car flat bedded into the shop for this exact reason.

From experience, I am not a fan of these units, they cause more problems than they solve. If you cannot jack the car up to drain the oil properly, take it to someone that can.

[Pdwight]

Originally Posted by JFP in PA

Two well known problems with these things:

1. They do not drain all the oil out of the sump.
2. The tubing that you insert into the dipstick tube (which many cars no longer even have) often gets caught on various things inside the sump, preventing its extraction. We just had another car flat bedded into the shop for this exact reason.

From experience, I am not a fan of these units, they cause more problems than they solve. If you cannot jack the car up to drain the oil properly, take it to someone that can.

It got all the oil out of my E36 , only a tiny trickle was left and that stopped in a couple of seconds

[tommy583]

Well the main difference between the pans is that the 16QT one seems to have way better seals on the caps. The 15QT seal on the pour spout is horrible. Also the hole for the oil to go into the pan is way to small and doesn't seal. I ended up making it bigger and covering it with wire mesh. The vent cap is the least of it's problems. The 16QT also can be stored on its end, that is if the seal in the pan part works.

I'll most likely be using it on Monday. I'll report my findings.

[Joe B]

Well, I've used it twice and I can report my findings: the hole in the middle for the oil to go in is big enough, and with a vent cap that won't stay closed, you won't be storing it on end, at least not when there's oil in it. The guy I talked to at FloTool said that the replacement vent cap would seal tighter. We'll see .

[tommy583]

Originally Posted by Joe B

Well, I've used it twice and I can report my findings: the hole in the middle for the oil to go in is big enough, and with a vent cap that won't stay closed, you won't be storing it on end, at least not when there's oil in it. The guy I talked to at FloTool said that the replacement vent cap would seal tighter. We'll see .

The 16QT one i'm talking about has the vent cap on the top if it's standing on end. Check the pic in the first link I posted. (the walmart link).

[tommy583]

I don't see how the vent cap leaking would even matter if I stored it like this. Not that I plan on storing oil in it anyway.

[Joe B]

Originally Posted by tommy583

The 16QT one i'm talking about has the vent cap on the top if it's standing on end. Check the pic in the first link I posted. (the walmart link).

Yup, that's the one I have. With 15 qts. of oil in it (from my diesel truck, not the Boxster), you don't want to stand it up when the vent cap won't stay closed, unless you don't plan to move it at all. And when you take it to the recycling location, the sloshing oil becomes a black geyser!

[JFP in PA]

Originally Posted by Pdwight

It got all the oil out of my E36 , only a tiny trickle was left and that stopped in a couple of seconds

Your E36 is not your M96.