Hello forum members. Today I was attempting to extract the oil from my engine by using a siphon pump I bought at Harbor Freight. The pump comes with a dipstick extraction tube that you are supposed to put down the dipstick tube. I wasn't able to siphon the oil out this way and ended taking off the transmission plate and removing the oil through there. The problem is that when I was trying to remove the extraction tube from the dipstick tube, it broke. According to the specifications in the users manual, this tube was 47 inches long. I have about 30 inches left now. Any ideas on how I can get the remaining tube out of the dipstick tube? If I can't get it out, what will this do to the engine? I have been on some other forums and read that the tube will eventually break down and wind up in the oil filter. Is that true or will I have to remove the entire engine, crack it open and take it out?
1st Oil Change Blunder
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Hmmm...yeah, I have an idea. Get a spring loaded pickup tool and try and get it after removing the transmission plate.
Mo
"Odyssey"
1976 C&C 30 MKI
The pessimist complains about the wind.
The optimist expects it to change.
The realist adjusts the sails.
...Sir William Arthur Ward.
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I doubt that there will be a problem with that plastic hose sitting in your oil pan. The oil pump filter screen is made out of about 20 square inches of fine mesh screen so any blockage should be minimal. The absolute best place for oil removal from an A4 is through the 3/4" pipe plug that is under and slightly aft of the carburator. It can be removed with a 3/4"-12 point socket on the end of a long extension. First time removal of that plug may be a little difficult. The Moyer "glam-engine" photo will show it's location and why this is the best oil removal point.
Tom
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Originally posted by thatch View PostThe absolute best place for oil removal from an A4 is through the 3/4" pipe plug that is under and slightly aft of the carburator... The Moyer "glam-engine" photo will show it's location and why this is the best oil removal point.
Been using it for years now. Quick and easy oil changes.-Jerry
'Lone Ranger'
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1978 RANGER 30
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I got one of these a few years ago, when it was on sale for $60 instead of $90.
Works great and well worth it.
- Bill T.
- Richmond, VA
Relentless pursuer of lost causes
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One of my flight students dropped the ring from an oil bottle in the engine. We thought and thought about the possible damage it could do and decided better safe than sorry and got the A&P over to take the oil tank off the engine. He found TWO rings in thereJoe Della Barba
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C&C 35 MK I
Maryland USA
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