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Old Dec 11, 2008 | 08:07 AM
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http://www.qwikvalve.com/?gclid=COvw...FRgqHgodZSplTA

It's a spicket that replaces your drain plug. You twist a little stick and the oil comes out. You dont need to remove the plug (my hands and forearms wont be covered in burning oil). You can also swivel the end spout to adjust for where the oil pan is or attach a hose to it. You wouldnt even need one tool for an oil change.

Nerdy; maybe....cool; yes.

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Old Dec 11, 2008 | 08:40 AM
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I think I've seen that before and thought it was cool then.

Is there any drawback to this type of thing...?
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Old Dec 11, 2008 | 08:59 AM
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Well it will stick out an extra inch from your exsisting drain plug. I havent heard anything bad. I'm going to get one for the girl friends car and my car.
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Old Dec 11, 2008 | 11:13 AM
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I put one of those on my subaru when I had it. Oil change could be done in about 5 minutes.

F body cars I think it will cause a clearance issue with headers

Definately gonna put one on my diesel truck when I buy it in the spring, the capacity of the crankcase is more then my catch can will hold, will make it easy to drain it until the pan is full, stop the oil drain, drain the pan then finish draining the crankcase.
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Old Dec 11, 2008 | 11:19 AM
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that thing looks like a pretty good idea, ever heard of the valves going bad or anything though?
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Old Dec 11, 2008 | 11:32 AM
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I ordered one for one of my DD's...
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Old Dec 11, 2008 | 12:45 PM
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ONe I had on the subaru never gave me a problem. That stupid thing, took a one use crush gasket that the factory used, and if you tried to reuse it it would leak like crazy, mine did.

That's why I bought that thing, I wasn't going to the dealer and buying a 2 dollar gasket every time I wanted to change the oil, screw that.

Stupid jap's, I dunno why they didn't just put a o-ring on the plug, or hell nothing at all like 99% of cars have.

That little valve works good though, mine never leaked, and definately made changing oil easier.
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Old Dec 11, 2008 | 12:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Y2KFirehawk
Is there any drawback to this type of thing...?

Yes there is, that pesty friend that finds it funny to drain the oil out of your car at night when your sleeping as a practical joke! Then you start the car to go to work in the morning and the ****** seizes up before your're even out of your driveway!
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Originally Posted by Big Mike
Yes there is, that pesty friend that finds it funny to drain the oil out of your car at night when your sleeping as a practical joke! Then you start the car to go to work in the morning and the ****** seizes up before your're even out of your driveway!
That's some messed up friends! If they're that horrid, they probably would have done it even with the normal plug on it
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I don't think I have any friends that are that evil, I'd like to hope that noone does.
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Originally Posted by Y2KFirehawk
That's some messed up friends! If they're that horrid, they probably would have done it even with the normal plug on it
I was going to type the same.
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Old Dec 11, 2008 | 02:56 PM
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Originally Posted by JL ws-6
F body cars I think it will cause a clearance issue with headers
Definitly clearence issues, I cant even get the width of my gear wrench over the bolt with my Dynatech headers.
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