After owning the Scion XB (Jack) for a good 6 months, I finally had to change the oil.  Luckily in November I picked up a good Mityvac 7201 Oil extractor and a hydraulic jack which made everything super easy.  I was able to setup the extractor to extract the oil from the dispstick in a matter a minutes.  The extraction process to take out 4+ Liters took a good 20 mins or so, but I did not get dirty doing so.

After it was done, jack up the car and replace the oil filter.  That took only 10 mins or so including jacking up the car, putting supports under the car, and getting a tarp underneath the car to change the filter.

The cool thing about the extractor is it has a mode to dispense too.  I was able to discard all the dirty oil back into the oil containers without much of a mess…

Overall, it’s TOTALLY worth it to go this route as it is cleaner and much easier than the traditional drain plug route.

On the BMW it will be even easier as the oil filter is reachable from the top of the engine bay!

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