edb wrote:

Hi Keith,
I purchased a down the dipstick tube oil change pump kit from a auto speed shop when I got quoted $40040 to change the oil and filters on my 2004 Nissan Patrol with 4.2 TDI diesel engine towing our 21 ft. caravan/trailer into a howling head wind when I was some 2100 miles from home and needed a scheduled oil change. Final cost was some $100--- $60 for the pump kit plus oil.
Cost $20 donation to service truck that did my mates Mitsubishi--$220 for the Pajero oil change--to take my 10 liters of old black oil.
Be well aware that the oil needs to be warm for these little pumps to work. Maybe put a heater under the belly plate, if fitted, to warm the oil-- BE AWARE of sticks, leaves and oil soaked dirt etc. in the belly plate that could ignite and destroy your machine and shed etc.

Cheers,
Eddie B.

Eddie, those little dipstick suckers can come in pretty handy. We use them on our 4 wheelers to change oil and saves a lot of time as we change oil so often in them. The newer ones (4 wheelers) have so much plastic and crap under them that make finding the drain a headache!!

Be well aware that the oil needs to be warm for these little pumps to work. Maybe put a heater under the belly plate, if fitted, to warm the oil-- BE AWARE of sticks, leaves and oil soaked dirt etc. in the belly plate that could ignite and destroy your machine and shed etc.

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thats the exact reason the cousins removed the belly plates on their dozers if working fire heaps or bush fire less places to hold hot embers and coals so your less likley to burn your machine.

kieth, remember one thing if using those air powered oil evacuation tanks de-pressurise the air side before opening any other valves or you will get a bath in old oil a mate of mine learn that lesson the hard way, he was covered head to toe and so was the work shop roof 6mts in the air and anything within 3m radius around the unit. he had to get his mum to bring a change of clothes so he could shower.

also those pump out units dont drain all the oil. the oil bung is underneath the engine it takes a hex key to undo it same as the final drives i made a spanner using a old nut and a piece of flat bar.