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Originally Posted by Gary in NJ
The title says "easy". That's a friggin' hassle; a bigger PIA then putting the car on ramps and draining through the drain bolt.
You want easy, install a Fumoto Oil Drain Valve, the one that can accept a hose. You don't even have to jack the car to drain the oil, just reach under, attach the hose and open the spring loaded valve. Zero clean-up.
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This assumes you have ground clearance and don't mind using a low enough vessel (oil pan) to fit under the car. Ramps are a pain in the ass to me. I'd rather use my father's full pneumatic lift if I'm going to use the drain plug bolt. The nice thing about the evacuator is that I can take it into the garage and dump the oil into whatever container I want afterward.
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Originally Posted by whaap
That's how you change the oil in many boats with inboard engines. It's not my favorite method. I always imagined a certain amount of sludge/debris setting on the bottom of the pan that wouldn't get washed out because there was no flow of oil coming from the lower drain plug.
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~90,000 miles on my 05 STI and zero sludge. Last time the oil pan was dropped it looked like new. The key is frequent oil changes with full synthetic and drive the car. Dino oil (non-syn) and long intervals between oil changes is how you get sludge.