| Author | Message | ||
| david handa (Davehanda)
Member Username: Davehanda Post Number: 497 Registered: 5-2001 |
BTW, www.griotsgarage.com is running a special on their 17 quart drain pan/storage container, for only $10. Look under their "garage sale" | ||
| Lawrence Coppari (Lawrence)
Member Username: Lawrence Post Number: 499 Registered: 4-2002 |
I've got an old Mercedes with a 25 mm plug in it. Engine holds 10 quarts. It overflowed the drip pan because oil enters top of pan faster than it can enter pan. Air valve was open. What I used to do before I got a lift and one of those professional telescoping oil drains, is to open the oil drain on Ferrari with a 3 foot extension with socket on end (from beside the car). Just don't remove the plug from the hole when you fully unscrew it. Keep it pressed against hole That reduces oil flow from hole and allows oil to enter pan without overflowing the top. | ||
| Paul Hill (348paul)
New member Username: 348paul Post Number: 32 Registered: 12-2002 |
Bill, In my case it was RFM - "Read the F#!%ing Manual" ! (No insult intended - just a phrase!) | ||
| Matt Lemus (Mlemus)
Intermediate Member Username: Mlemus Post Number: 1912 Registered: 8-2002 |
It's hard for any closed container to take 11 qts of oil in 8 seconds or so without somesort of venting. It's a deluge of oil. | ||
| Bill V (Doc)
Junior Member Username: Doc Post Number: 242 Registered: 9-2001 |
Dave, what you say makes perfect sense. This pan has no vent but for another drain plug. In retrospect, I should have removed or loosened it. However, I don't believe that the instructions said so. Anyway, I think I'll test it out again--the next time with water on a warm sunny day! Paul--"RFM" ? | ||
| Paul Hill (348paul)
New member Username: 348paul Post Number: 31 Registered: 12-2002 |
I had a similar experience many moons ago! The problem is cured by "RFM"  | ||
| Marq J Ruben (Qferrari)
Junior Member Username: Qferrari Post Number: 202 Registered: 2-2002 |
Doc- I use the same one from NAPA. Works fine. David is right, though, you've got to have the vent open. Don't ask me how I know... | ||
| david handa (Davehanda)
Member Username: Davehanda Post Number: 491 Registered: 5-2001 |
Strange....must be a bad design...I can vouch for the one that Griot's Garage sells, holds about 17 quarts(!) and has a little vent tab you open to allow the air to escape as it fills. Close the tab and replace the plug, then you remove the pour cap on the end and you can transfer the oil into a waste container. (five gallon gas can in my case) If yours does not have the air vent tab, then leave the pour spout cap off, so the air has somewhere to go....just remember to put BOTH caps back on before moving it. :-) | ||
| Bill V (Doc)
Junior Member Username: Doc Post Number: 241 Registered: 9-2001 |
Just thought I'd share, ie warn, my fellow chatters of something. Yesterday, I bought an enclosed oil drip pan from NAPA. It's a flat pan with a yellow funnel which screws into a threaded openining and which holds 12 qts. You drain your oil into it, put the cap back on and , voila, a mess-less oil change--WRONG!! I drained my oil yesterday into this damn thing and it couldn't handle the rush of oil , resulting in approx 6-7 qts overflowing the funnel all over my garage floor. So much for this item. I'll stick with the open pan I've been using for about 30 yrs. |