Fumoto Valve

cummins2014 wrote:

The_real_wild1 wrote:
No real drawback except for price.

No real drawback ? I too have one, and was curious about how much oil is left in there, well after draining until it stopped I pulled the Fumoto Valve the first time I used it . I can't say how much oil came out, but was a lot more then I wanted to leave in there.

For me I use it to drain, and then pull it to let it drain again .Eventually I will probably go back to the stock drain plug. Its nice that it allows to open up for oil analysis , although I don't do one, and it comes out slow enough you don't have to use a special pan or bucket.

I cut grooves in the end of the threads before installing the valve and it will drain fully in my application. I am sold on this valve.

The valve is great, saves on the mess.

Assuming, of course, you don't drop the filter like I did last time. Made a mess anyway...lol.

Had one on my CTD. I could line it up with the opening on a an old outboard motor plastic fuel tank and let er go. It worked perfectly. No oil pan to try and dump when it was over. Made sleeve out of a 2 liter pop bottle for the filter and I could unscrew it with no mess. Took all of 15 minutes to do both without spilling a drop.

B.O.

If you do your own oil changes, the Fumoto is a no-brainer. Had one on the old Tundra and will put one on the new CTD at first oil change.

The_real_wild1 wrote:
No real drawback except for price.

No real drawback ? I too have one, and was curious about how much oil is left in there, well after draining until it stopped I pulled the Fumoto Valve the first time I used it . I can't say how much oil came out, but was a lot more then I wanted to leave in there.

For me I use it to drain, and then pull it to let it drain again .Eventually I will probably go back to the stock drain plug. Its nice that it allows to open up for oil analysis , although I don't do one, and it comes out slow enough you don't have to use a special pan or bucket.

fj12ryder wrote:

Cummins12V98 wrote:

fj12ryder wrote:
I'll chime in on this one too. I have them in all my vehicles, except the bikes. They are perfect for pulling oil samples for Blackstone Labs. I always made a mess with the truck because the oil just gushed out and I always dropped the plug in the hot oil.

Up to you but samples are supposed to be taken mid stream as the first oil has more contaminants.

I don't trust people, very easy to let all the oil out. I use a milk pail to drain oil with zero splash or spills.

Exactly, trying to get a sample from the gush of oil when the drain plug is pulled makes one heck of a mess. I open the Fumoto valve, let it run for a couple seconds, and can easily catch a sample mid stream with no muss, no fuss. That actually was the main reason I thought about the Fumoto valve in the first place. I send a sample off to Blackstone Labs at every oil change.

As an aside, I went over my usual oil change interval on the last one because we were out traveling. Did over 4500 miles instead of the usual 3500-4000 miles. But the Delvac did great. Blackstone said

"While it's impossible for there to be absolutely no bearing wear in 4,599 miles, it is possible for it to be so low that we can't measure it, and that's what we've got here."

Cummins just makes a fine engine.

I was under the impression that you opened the valve just to take a sample. Thanks for clarifying.

Here is my sample results from running the oil 15K with sample taken at 30K.

I agree on the BIG "C" !

Getting 6 gallons of oil out is slow going but sure did save the mess once I installed the valve.

Be sure to remove the filler cap so it drains faster.

Got two on the cars, one on a C/7 CAT, and the 4th on an Onan QD. Zeeerow spillage..

IMO... the assumption that someone is going to come along and randomly kneel down to see if there is a valve to open under the vehicle and open it is plain silly.. how are they going to know it's even there unless you've pi$$ed off the neighbor who has seen you use it? And after that, anyone that cannot see and/ or smell 1-5 gallons of oil on the ground has attention issues. That's simply not a vandal magnet. Having it protruding straight down and exposed is obviously an issue

Put one on my 6.7 PSD and love it!!! Location of plug on oil pan w/ the 6.7 is NOT one of Ford's better ideas. Oil goes everywhere once plug is popped out. W/ the Fumoto, add some plastic tubing and right into oil catch pan.

No real drawback except for price.