ez106 oil plug

The more common one is Fumoto. Been around for years and if I wanted to go to a Drain Valve, I'd spend a couple more $ and get a Fumoto. Personally, I don't see much advantage. It's the Filter that gets messy. And, every time I think about a Valve, I think of how it sticks farther into harm's way than the simple plug does. I had a shop ding the oil pan at the plug on a T-Bird. Of course they denied it. It was a tire shop and they weren't changing the oil. Luckily it didn't leak till I went to change the oil. Then, it did, and I found that if I used a new drain plug gasket (nylon washer) on every change, would not leak. Good enough for me. But a Valve would have either sheared off or snagged worse with more damage to the pan.

My incident probably isn't cause for a realistic concern. For one thing, engine sits much higher. Still, a friend with a Class C kicked something up that holed the oil filter. He didn't catch it till the engine seized.