Thread: Easy oil change valve

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For those who change their own oil and don't want to use the vacuum method. I installed the new Fumoto valve on my TDv8.
Easy job.. Nice and clean. I had one on the D4 for years. Never an issue.

Originally Posted by BradC

I use a Stahlbus on the D3. No gaskets/seals to worry about. I just take the cover off and pop the adapter in and it drains into the pan.

I've heard of the Fumoto valves failing, but rare as rocking horse **** and usually because they've been whacked. The Stahlbus has a safety cover so even if the valve fails entirely it can't leak.

For me the Stahlbus has a couple of advantages. First, no seal/re-torquing, just take the cover off and plug it in. Second it has a removable hose. If I'm draining straight into a 7L oil container the hose ensure no drips / leaks ever. If I'm draining into a pan I use the adapter without the hose and it always drains straight down. No diversion, no dripping sideways and no spatter.

It also hangs down about half as far as a Fumoto. For pans with a side drain it'd be even better. I had one on the wifes old Golf because that used to spray out sideways. At least the D3 is straight down.

So its used because the drain plug is in a hard to drain location? (I have cars with that). eg: right above a cross member. What I do is use a small length of alfoil, fold it into a funnel and sit it on the crossmember. This guides the oil straight into the drain pan with no mess.

I've knocked over the drain pan the last 3 times I've changed oil though .... So I am going to have to start changing the way I do stuff I did just build a "platform" to sit the drain tray on that I can adjust the height of. Hopefully this will save me cleaning up litres of dirty black oil off the ground again

seeya
Shane L.