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[[Category:Engine]]
====Vacuum oil change systems====
Tools similar to [http://www.pelaproducts.com/ Pela 6000] or LiquiVac, sold at [http://www.jcwhitney.com JcWhitney] allow "top-side" oil changes.  The system is basically a vacuum pump.  A hose is inserted into the engine oil fill hole, and the device sucks the oil into a sealed container.


Advantages offered by this method:

*A lot less messy.

*No hot oil rolling up your arm.

*No dropped oil plug bolts.

*No spilling oil from the catch-pan all over your storage/transport container - you can pour the oil out of the reservoir into the bottles you just emptied.


To drain all of the oil, you'd have to fish the pick-up line past the clutch assembly and into the lower oil pan.  [http://www.ninja250.org/BrianM BrianM] tested the Pela 6000 model on his car, and reported actually draining more oil than via the "normal" method.