Sucking oil out of a hand grenade engine.

[lexi]

Can anyone say if Pela 6000 will suit the 1.6hdi I have in the C5. It is a 56 plate. I have heard that the tube suits some dipsticks more than others.

[Harlequin]

why not drain,. then remove the sump?

[lexi]

I will do that first time round Simon. Looking for easy after that.

[adrianruk]

Used a Pela 6000 on the 1.6 HDI some years ago. It was the first engine it failed on.

[lexi]

Used a Pela 6000 on the 1.6 HDI some years ago. It was the first engine it failed on.

Thanks Adrian. Probably the twisty route into the sump.

[adrianruk]

Just couldn't get the tube to reach the oil. The only time it's failed & I use it on quite a few engines.

[lexi]

I just dropped the oil out today through the sump plug. I have the wee brass pump that sucks oil. I put a bit of copper brake pipe in the hose and made a bit of a u bend in it. This was fed up the sump plug hole and was enough to submerge in the puddle of oil I made by having the car up on front ramps. I sucked another bit out with this set up. I think that sump is empty.
This will do for now till we see how she goes.

[bobins]

There's Youtube videos of people doing some quite simple but effective modifications of those sump plug holes. The simplest was screwing a slide hammer into the plug hole and slide hammering the plug hole down so it was pointing 'down' and not trapping any oil.

[lexi]

There's Youtube videos of people doing some quite simple but effective modifications of those sump plug holes. The simplest was screwing a slide hammer into the plug hole and slide hammering the plug hole down so it was pointing 'down' and not trapping any oil.

I seen that one Bobbins and thought of making it. Tiny little sump it is. If I keep this car it will be 5k a year and 2 oil changes. I will give it 2 quick changes first with the cheap Mannol 5-30 fully synthetic, then the Total low saps 5/30. It will be tried out first and until then The Donk will still be used till end nov, less somebody wants it for spares vehicle.