I worked as a mechanic for 5 years in a Benz dealership were we used a vacuum one every day (very rarely did we remove the drain plugs). At first was skeptical but became a big fan. Not sure how effective the manual ones would be but i can recommend the air operated vacuum ones. Nick --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Wilson Hitchings" <canon20dfan@...> wrote: > > There was a big discussion about this on DMCTalk about 2 months back. I > looked up a couple of companies that make the vacuum units. They > actually look useful as you can use them to drain oil out of a > lawnmower or any other gasoline engine, too. In the end I decided to > change my oil the traditional way. Maybe at another time I'll get one. > > Just so you know, the people that do use an oil vacuum pump say it gets > as much oil out as pulling the drain plug. > ------------------------------------ To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnewsYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:dmcnews-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:dmcnews-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/