jim beam <nospam@example.net> wrote in news:BcqdnQtbkYJDvOjZnZ2dnUVZ_s-
dnZ2d@speakeasy.net:

> Jim Yanik wrote:
>> Has anyone here tried these easy-change oil drain plugs?
>> They have a valve with a locking lever to open it.
>> http://www.fumotovalve.com/
>>
>> I was considering one after chainging my oil recently.
>> One version even has a nipple to use tubing to drain the oil into a
>> container. No chance of stripping the oilpan threads out.
>>
> you know, that's one thing i'd definitely never do. oil leakage is one
> thing, but the possibility of total dump from a component like this?
> sorry, not for me. and you don't strip threads if you know what you're
> doing.
>

If you examined the pictures,you would see the LOCKING lever and the notch
it fits into,preventing unintended oil dumps.

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