Dipstick tube oil change?
Does anyone have any experience with changing the oil on their XJ through the dipstick tube? I have many customer reviews for foreign and domestic cars, but nothing in the Jeep family. Was wondering if it might make a difference.
In particular, I have been looking at the mityvac 7400 http://www.mityvac.com/pages/products_fee.asp#07400 Also, most reviews have been favoable, but a few concerning reports about gasket and seal failures on the unit when synthetic and synthetic blend oils are used. (I use a semi-syn blend) |
If using a suction pump would make maintenance easier for some (thus maybe done more frequent) vehicle owners, then I'm all for it. BUT, draining the oil thru the hole in the pan will always yield a more complete drain than a suction pump.
Synthetic/synthetic blend oils causing gasket/seal damage is just a myth continuously perpetuated on the Internet. |
Originally Posted by djb383
(Post 828517)
If using a suction pump would make maintenance easier for some (thus maybe done more frequent) vehicle owners, then I'm all for it. BUT, draining the oil thru the hole in the pan will always yield a more complete drain than a suction pump.
Synthetic/synthetic blend oils causing gasket/seal damage is just a myth continuously perpetuated on the Internet. Synthetics clean your engine, if you had gunk plugging up a hole that was already in your gasket it'll clear it out and probably leak. But it should be fixed anyway. |
s**t falls down hill not up
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jeeps are meant to be drained from below and filled through valve cover
read the manual..... don't cut corners |
Thats why they have DRAIN... PLUGS...
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Originally Posted by EUGENE the JEEP
(Post 828681)
s**t falls down hill not up
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Dayum.....how does s**t get spelled with 5 asterisk?:rofl:
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:dunno:
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clarification
I apparently was not clear about the comment regarding gasket/seal failure... That was in regards to the gasket/seals on the syphon unit itself, NOT in the engine.
And yes, I realize the purpose of draining the oil through the drain plug is to flush out all the gunk... that's the way I do it all the time. However, I find myself driving a lot more these days, thus increasing the frequency of oil changes. I was only planning on doing the overhead method every other time or so to save some labor. Just wanted to see if anyone else had used this method or specific pump on their XJ in the past. thanks. |
Originally Posted by vfirth
(Post 828769)
I apparently was not clear about the comment regarding gasket/seal failure... That was in regards to the gasket/seals on the syphon unit itself, NOT in the engine.
And yes, I realize the purpose of draining the oil through the drain plug is to flush out all the gunk... that's the way I do it all the time. However, I find myself driving a lot more these days, thus increasing the frequency of oil changes. I was only planning on doing the overhead method every other time or so to save some labor. Just wanted to see if anyone else had used this method or specific pump on their XJ in the past. thanks. |
Originally Posted by vfirth
(Post 828769)
I apparently was not clear about the comment regarding gasket/seal failure... That was in regards to the gasket/seals on the syphon unit itself, NOT in the engine.........
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Originally Posted by vfirth
Does anyone have any experience with changing the oil on their XJ through the dipstick tube? I have many customer reviews for foreign and domestic cars, but nothing in the Jeep family. Was wondering if it might make a difference.
In particular, I have been looking at the mityvac 7400 http://www.mityvac.com/pages/products_fee.asp#07400 Also, most reviews have been favoable, but a few concerning reports about gasket and seal failures on the unit when synthetic and synthetic blend oils are used. (I use a semi-syn blend) |
Originally Posted by vfirth
Does anyone have any experience with changing the oil on their XJ through the dipstick tube? I have many customer reviews for foreign and domestic cars, but nothing in the Jeep family. Was wondering if it might make a difference.
In particular, I have been looking at the mityvac 7400 http://www.mityvac.com/pages/products_fee.asp#07400 Also, most reviews have been favoable, but a few concerning reports about gasket and seal failures on the unit when synthetic and synthetic blend oils are used. (I use a semi-syn blend) |
Originally Posted by djb383
(Post 828758)
That's totally true about *****, but at the same time, motor oil contains sophisticated additives that keep the crud/dirt/***** suspended, especially when the oil is circulating.......that's why it's recommended that the engine be warmed up, then the oil changed.
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