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Fumoto Valves

Old 07-11-2007, 02:51 PM
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Taken from a thread in 92-99. These are slick!! I just ordered one for each of our daily drivers!

http://www.fumotovalve.com/
Old 07-11-2007, 02:54 PM
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let us know how it works.. and if it will work clearance-wise

i didn't want to be the test-dumbie
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Doesn't Fram have something very similar?
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I'll be the test dummy.

Their site indicates that it only hangs down 1/2" more than the stock drain plug.
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I'm nearly positive someone on here uses those on all their cars and swears by them. I remember a post about them awhile back. Just waiting for them to chime in
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that looks cool. there is one other one that my Dad and my brother uses i cant remember the name or brand of it though. :?
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Fram Sure-Drain. I wont touch a Fram Oil filter, and I won't put one of these on my engine drain plug, but for a convienant way to get tranny fluid out of the transmission, it works well. The hole is too small for engine oil, though.

Oh, and the sure-drains are about half the price, have a brass cap, an o-ring to seal it, and a hose to stick into a bottle.
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hmm, nice thought, but umm my only concern would be that its blocking a bit of flow and maybe leaving a bit more in there than i would feel confortable with. My thinking usually tells me that the high flow of a fully open drain hole would let all of the oil out AND the motion would bring out the sediment as well.
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Stock tip: Buy Fumoto. It'* going to spike in about a week after this spreads all over BC.

lol.

I'm going to order two - one for the Accord and one for the Saturn since they both have leaky drain plugs (most likely stripped by a lesser grease monkey than me).
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I have them installed on two of my three cars, including the Bonneville. I like them a lot. Really makes an oil change a clean process.

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