Saw a video on YouTube of someone sucking engine oil out of dipstick tube into oil extractor, then more videos popped up.

Several videos the person will then remove the drain plug to measure how much more oil drains out, one car they got 1/2 cup.

Other cars nothing came out.

Curious if anyone here has ever tried one of these on C5 or any LS style engine?

 

So I have a similar style for working on VW Group stuff and things with metal plates underneath that suck to remove.

Just for s**ts and giggles I tried it on my C5 and there was still a good bit of oil in the lower pan, I believe due to how the batwing pan is designed makes it A LOT more difficult. I drained my oil from there and got over a cup easily and pulled my lower oil pan off to replace the gasket and install the Improved Racing Baffles.

I wouldn't recomend it on a C5 but on a C6 Wet Sump it could be helpful or a non-Batwing pan.

 

Just combine that with the J.C. Whitney toilet paper roll oil filter and you are back in 1974!

 

Oil extractors have their place, I have one from harbor freight and love it for certain things.

I would never use it as the oil removal method for any of my actual vehicles like my truck, my kids and wife's vehicles and certainly not my Corvette.
I use it for my snowblower, lawnmower, jet skis, etc.

JMHO take it for the 2 cents its worth.

 

Never have tried a product like that on any of my cars.

 

Me neither. Not sure what the point is. It's certainly not a real oil change.

I understand the C5 is a bit of an A-hole to change oil because it's so low and the *** has to be raised too because of the front draining plug...but that only takes a few minutes. I can't imagine sucking oil out a pint at a time being any faster.

 

It didn't work good for me, but I use it to suck the oil out of the pan I use to catch the old oil. Mine has a valve to change direction form Suck to Blow just like mega maid from space ***** the movie.
I pump the old oil into some 5 gallon container that I bring to my local parts store. Much easier than trying to pour it into a container.

Now for my generator, tractor its awesome.

 

I have one that I use on my 2002 Ford F250 diesel. It works great as that vehicle takes 11 quarts but I would NEVER use it to try and get most or all of the oil out of my Corvette as my Corvette is too important to me to take chances. That's just my take on it.

 

I have one, I use it mostly for trans pans that don't have a drain plug but once, I did get a bit of a wee overfill on the C5 and used it down the dip stick hole to remove the perfect amount! I wouldn't want to try and drain the whole amount though.

 

Boomer here. I remember when Auto Parts stores had displays on the counters with contraptions like this! Guess the "Boomer" part was a Captain Obvious thing! LOL

 

This is how we change inboard boat engine oil though many of those had a larger diameter tube to access the pan. I use a home made vacuum pump from an AC vacuum pump and large mason jar with fitting on the lid. Not to pull oil from the pan but it does work great for diffs.

 

I would not hesitate to use a pump out system, but wouldn’t use that pump. There are marine versions because draining their oil (into the bilge, for example) is not practical, nor fun. This is how it’s done in marine systems almost universally, and on engines costing many times that of an LS.

These pump systems come in all sizes, but for my ski boat (496 ci BBC) I bought one that came as a five gallon plastic bucket with a powerful 12v pump attached to the lid. This pump has jumper style clamps that attach to your battery. It has a long plastic hose that is just small enough to fit down a dipstick tube.

I would warm up the engine first so the oil would flow considerably faster through the tube. It worked great. Then, I would slide a one gallon zip lock baggy over the oil filter and unscrew the filter, catching all the oil in the baggie. Zip it up and no mess.

Now both oil and filter can easily be transported for responsible disposal without the hassle of pouring the used oil back into the quart oil bottles. Then the pump/bucket goes back in the garage attack until next time. No cleanup needed 👍

 

1 cup out of 6.5 quarts is 4%. Right on par with not having the pan at just the right level, or not quite warm enough, or too soon after engine shut down. Definitely close enough for me to think about — if it weren’t for the need to change the filter too.

 

I have the Mity-Vac version of that pump with a reversing valve. Along with the C5, our TLX and Q5 have ZF transmissions and ATF needs to go in from below. It gets used primarily for that. I've also used it to drain oil from the Q5, because the oil filter is on top so no jacking at all. I have to get under the C5 to get at the filter anyway.

BTW, the chamber, pump and hoses need to be cleaned, rinsed with alcohol and dried before using it as a charge pump. It's a bit of work.

 

I use one for my RS7 its a must with a plastic oil pan but never bothered with my C5. C5 is easy enough and the filter is under the car anyway, I feel like I get enough of the oil out through the drain plug.

 

I was under the impression oil extractors wouldn't work on a C5 due to oil pan baffles.

I borrowed a co-workers Mitivac to adjust the oil level when the dealer overfilled my oil and I couldn't get the tubes down the dipstick hole far enough to get anything out.

I now own the Vevor in the OP which I used to drain remove about a half quart of oil in my STi after it was accidentally overfilled and it worked like a charm. I doubt I'd use it for a full oil extraction, but for level adjustments, it definitely has a useful purpose.

 

Given that most of the time the oil coming out is pretty clean, I don't think a cup of leftover oil is going to adversely affect oil performance. I'd like to get one of these because space for ramps etc is pretty tight in my garage.