I used to be a big naysayer to those who would not crawl underneath their dirty greasy auto... Maybe 2 years ago I got one of those stupid, sissy MityVacs...
Call me stupid sissy now. I love my MityVac. I have taken to swapping the filter every other service. I do 5K services on the cars I service.
No floor jack, no jack stands, no oil drain pan. Flip thw switch and extract the old oil into a recycle container for curbside pickup.
You don't even get dirty! Here is our 2006 TSX with the mighty K24, 205K. Doesn't burn a drop. M1 5w30 out and in. A nice Silicon Valley sunny day at 9:00 AM.
Your thoughts?

 

Mine runs on compressed air rather than a hand pump, but I agree I absolutely love my oil extractor. I can change oil in all 3 cars without using a jack, and I could do 2 of the three while wearing a tuxedo (not that I own one. ). The Murano I have to kneel down to access the canister filter through the passenger wheel well, and I do get some oil on my hands.

My only fear is that the dipstick tube will go away in future cars and make this method impossible. My wife's Audi has no dipstick, but the tube is still there with a little rubber cap on it. They may do away with it completely at some point.

 

Still need to lift the car to change the oil filter.

 

Every other service. I have even gone 3 services once. 20K Fram Ultra Guard or M1 typically.
Even 3 services is 15K, under the 20K filter rating.

 

call me old school but i change my filter every time i change my oil.

i do love my oil extractor but i find added peace of mind getting under the car and inspecting other parts while i'm draining the oil.

 

I do as well, but the cartridge filters for both our cars are on top of the engine, so no need to get under the car ever for an oil/filter change. Suspension and brakes get checked twice a year when swapping between summer and winter tires (last weekend, in fact!). There's really nothing truly underneath the car to inspect, unless I wanted to remove 147 fasteners to take off the underbody cladding, and even then it wouldn't be a whole lot.

 

I'm not sure if the OP is referring to the MityVac dual purpose vacuum/pressure tester but I keep one of those in my trunk tool kit to diagnose various Vacuum Switching Valve connections whenever the need comes up with my SC300. For very late model cars it's not a tool that is generally needed since VSVs have mostly been replaced by electrically controlled solenoids.

 

I'm with Timmy. IMO, it defeats the purpose of an oil change to leave dirty oil in a filter if you are going to change the rest of it.....paticularly if it is a first-time oil change when the vehicle is new, which could also mean small metallic-particles in the oil/filter from the initial engine break-in.

 

Yeah I would never change the oil and not change the filter

 

i use the MV7201 for oil changes on the mercedes, it makes the process such a delight! for the lexus i don't bother since i need to get under the car anyway to change the filter, but on the benz the filter is right at the top of the engine so the mityvac is perfect