Oil extractor

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crankcall said:
Mowers and gen sets and compressors, shipping from China with anything in the crankcase is a no no for frieght companies, it’s frightening how many miss the huge orange or yellow tag on the ignition that’s says , FILL with oil before starting machine. Now we get cut off switches…..


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When I got an air compressor from ihl, they had done the oil and pdi. Book says to run with the drain valve open for 20 minutes iirc, then close it and let it build pressure. I have very little faith they follow that procedure. Compressor still works well so maybe they did or maybe they got lucky.
 
I used my manual extractor again this afternoon, pulling fifteen w forty with straw takes a while but it’s clean and easy .


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crankcall said:
Mowers and gen sets and compressors, shipping from China with anything in the crankcase is a no no for frieght companies, it’s frightening how many miss the huge orange or yellow tag on the ignition that’s says , FILL with oil before starting machine. Now we get cut off switches…..


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I'm pretty sure my Genny came with a little bottle of oil as an extra reminder.

My FIL filled his compressor full of oil (like, to the top completely) because he didn't realize this oil was colourless and since he didn't see it in the sight glass he just kept going. He called me saying it only runs for a short while then shuts itself off. I think the fill amount was around 200ml and I got over 1.5L out of it when I drained it.
 
I started with a manual extractor, then got an air-operated one. It's nice to have stored vac and an on/off valve which my manual one didn't. I was constantly pumping trying to get the very last drops. But I recently got an electric one. Kind of getting tired of smelling like used oil after an otherwise clean oil change. When the oil level drops and it starts sucking up air as well, it spurts inside the container and that gets exhausted out when manually pumping or blowing air through the venturi. I don't think electric has that problem, but we'll see.
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