EWK Patented 6.5L Pneumatic/Manual Oil Extractor for Oil Change Pump for Automotive Fluids Vacuum Evacuation

I did some research regarding oil extractors before I made this purchase. This comes with a venturi which creates a vacuum from pressure generated from an air compressor. One may also use the manual pump function, if you don't have a compressor (or you could just purchase a compressor, which you can use to inflate tires of all sizes, operate pneumatic tools, spray paint, blow air to clean many things). I was astonished to see how easy and complete the extractor functioned. Assembly took 3 minutes. I used it to extract oil on my Mercedes. Typically, the oil filters on European cars are visible under the hood. I've been driving this car up on ramps for years. But yesterday, I assembled the tool, (note: the main plug through which the oil drains into the extractor and through which one pours the oil into a container for recycling twists on counterclockwise); turned on the compressor, and the oil began to flow. In 5 minutes, I was ready to change the oil filter. Removed the cap from the canister, replaced the filter and o-rings, torqued down the cap, and measured the oil digitally from the dashboard. Done in minutes, with no oil spilled. (I found the oil drain plug location from a Youtube video). Mercedes doesn't really want you to know how easy this is. Mine is black in color, about 3" long and located toward the back of the engine on the passenger side, near where the transmission plug is located and just above the latter, which has a red dot. You can tell that you are extracting oil rather than transmission fluid by its color, smell, and feel. Replace plug, oil filler cap after filling with the appropriate oil. I love this device; I purchased the largest, since I plan to do multiple kids cars without draining. Smaller ones are quite a bit less. Extractor is sturdy, no fear of collapse under vacuum.

I love my EWK Oil Extractor. Hooking it up to an Air Compressor that can do at least 80 PSI makes oil changes mess-free and done in about 10 minutes. The oil gets drained fast, especially when it is a little warm. The Unit is super easy to use, can hold well over 8L and makes doing oil changes on my 2012 BMW X5 a breeze. I never have to get under the car to do an oil change and can patiently drain all 8L of oil in about 5 minutes over the engine bay.The only advice or improvement I could make would be an easier and more comfortable method of draining. When it's full, it's heavy, and the pump handle makes it even more awkward to drain. I would like to see a faucet or drainage system that does not require lifting and leveraging the pump awkwardly downward to pour, as spills are very easy. A faucet located near the bottom would make this a perfect product. I would gladly review and recommend this to anyone and also advocate the purchase of an air-compressor if this product had an easy drainage method.

Item is well built, comes with multiple fittings, hoses.Used with my shop compressor, worked “excellent” and saved me a lot of time and work‼️

I’ve heard mention of these things for a few years now, but it felt exorbitant to spend so much when, meh, it’s an oil change for frog’s sake, it’s not so hard, just get under and get it done.But lately I’ve found myself dragging my feet about doing it. Perhaps I’m like a fine wine whose maturation has made it sick of scootching around on dusty driveways and getting pebbles in my hair, dropping drain plugs and getting oil on my ratchet. Wines gets this way as they age, they want more ease in their busy lives.So I splurged and then tried this on my wife’s car yesterday. I don’t know whether to cry or hug the canister close to my heart or both — it worked beautifully and was so easy.Now, my wife’s car was a great first go because I can also get at the oil filter from the top, so I didn’t even need to wear my shop clothes. Totally clean job all around, done fast, too easy to be believed.Tomorrow I’m doing my Toyota and, sadly, the oil filter is only accessible from under. But the ease and cleanliness of this will gladden my heart there too, I’m less dready about it tonight by far. Highly recommended, superb build quality.My only gripe is that when you pump the handle you must be careful not to pinch your fingers on the way down. Also, kind of hard to see how much oil is collected inside on a bright day. But I could see it well enough in the shade, and it has handy liter/quart marks on the side to make it easy.You get my gist — highly recommended, make your life easier and get one of these.