The power/flow direction switch is not protected.īottom Line: This was an expensive electrically powered pump, but not fast at its job. Only the X-Chang-R was as slow, also taking 15 minutes. It took 15 minutes for the ShurFlo to remove the oil from the engine. The instructions were good, with a large blown-up diagram of the product with descriptions of the various parts and their functions. The ShurFlo comes with 8-foot battery leads with alligator clips and a three-piece 6-foot extraction tube. ShurFlo’s Ryan Sessler says it’s not so much to prime the pump as to lubriate the vanes, which should not be run dry. Unlike the Jabsco instructions, ShurFlo’s instructions strongly suggest that you prime the pump by removing the oil probe tube from the pump and pouring about 2 oz. With a top-mounted pump and 3.5-gallon bucket, the ShurFlo looks like the Jabsco units. Instructions were clear and clean-up went well.īottom Line: A solid performer but we’d spend the extra money for the Porta-Quick. With its smaller pump, this Jabsco was not as quick as its big brother, needing 7 minutes to suck out the 5 quarts of oil. But it is about $39 cheaper than the Porta-Quick. The pump is less powerful and made of plastic instead of bronze it has shorter battery leads it’s not reversible, and does not come with extras like a garden-hose connection for dipstick tube extraction.
This is a more economically built version of the Porta-Quick. The only nit we would pick is that the motor’s top-mounted position makes it top-heavy when the container is empty.īottom Line: The top-rated electric pump. The unit also scored well in all other areas. The Porta-Quick lived up to its name, siphoning the oil in 4 minutes, which was the fastest of any pump tested. The nitrile impeller is oil-resistant and self-priming. The 7-amp pump is mounted to the bucket’s lid. The Porta-Quick comes with an 8-foot-long power cord with alligator clips, 4 feet of neoprene hose, and a female garden hose connector for threaded dipstick tubes.
Walk into a marine engine shop just about anywhere and you’ll likely find this combination pump and bucket device standing by, ready for duty. Overall, we were looking for a pump that did the job quickly and cleanly from start to finish. We also evaluated ease of assembly, clarity of instructions, and ease of use-which included the stability of the container-and ease of clean up. Nor did those two come with an extraction tube. Two units-the Reverso and the X-Change-R-did not come with a container. The tester inserted a 1/4″-diameter extraction tube into the engine’s dipstick tube to extract the oil and pump it into a container, if provided. Product instructions said to run the engine for five minutes to warm the oil before extraction, which we did. The tester used each product to extract five quarts of oil from a Ford F150 pickup truck.
#PORTABLE OIL CHANGE PRINTER INSTALL#
The permanent systems can sometimes be a bear to install and you may not even have the room, but once you’ve accomplished that task-changing the oil is only a matter of flicking a switch.
#PORTABLE OIL CHANGE PRINTER PORTABLE#
The portable units also can be used to service your car and even your friends’ boats (once they know you have one). Most of the portable systems available provide closed containers for collecting and transporting of used oil, which is convenient and also lessens the likelihood of a spill. Among the permanent models, the Oil X-Change-R excelled.)Ĭhoosing between a portable and a permanent oil changer seems, to us, a matter of personal choice. (The Jabsco Porta Quick was the top portable because it was easy to use, efficient, and reasonably priced. Our most recent test (March 1, 1999) was limited to electrical pumps, but included both permanent and portable units. We collected five electricals and four manuals. There are two types of portable oil changers-manually and electrically powered. That’s why gadgets like the portable oil changer can be so valuable, not only for larger auxiliary engines and gensets, but for the new crop of four-stroke outboards. Everything is more expensive when it comes to boats-we all know this. Changing the oil on a typical diesel or gas-powered auxiliary engine is a royal pain in the neck, and if you have to hire someone else to come and do it, it’s a pain in the wallet. With Jiffy Lubes on every corner, and the hassle of properly disposing of used oil, it’s no wonder everyone hands off this messy job.īut such convenient and inexpensive maintenance service is not so available to boatowners. We don’t know of many people who change their own car engine oil these days.
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