[s-cars] Oil Drain Cock.

[James Murray (LMC)]

Igor, no offense/flame taken whatsoever, and thanks for pointing that out. I
haven't seen one close up yet, just saw an add for it this weekend and Tom's
post reminded me so I thought I'd mention it.

I agree with you about their filters, but the valve looks like a neat
design. It looks lower profile?  I'd have to see one close up to determine
quality compared to the Futomo. If it does the job its not bad at half the
price, $15 for the Fram while the Futomo is $26 plus 3 extra for the nipple.

Cheers, /J.

	-----Original Message-----
	From:	KBATTPO [SMTP:igor at s-cars.org]
	Sent:	May 13, 2002 10:13 AM
	To:	James Murray (LMC)
	Cc:	'tblack'; s-car-list at audifans.com
	Subject:	Re: [s-cars] Oil Drain Cock.

	"James Murray (LMC)" wrote:
	>
	> I saw something on the weekend that Fram has a new product out to
easily
	> drain the oil, essentially a drain cock that you can attach a
hose.
	>
	> A quick google run turned up the following:
	>
	> http://www.autobarn.net/frasdseries.html
	> <http://www.autobarn.net/frasdseries.html>
	>
	> http://www.fram.com/home/index.html
<http://www.fram.com/home/index.html>
	>
	> http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/020325/252354_1.html
	> <http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/020325/252354_1.html>
	>
	> Looks interesting, but I don't have the part #, thread size, etc.
needed for
	> the AAN. Anyone else?

	Careful here, folks. For Audis they list tone size fits all (SD2)
which
	is not true. The 10v 5 cyl used 12mm drain, plug, the 20v 5 cyl, the
	1.8T 4 cyl use the 26mm plug. I am not surprised in the least - it's
	Fram, the maker of the crappiest filters under the sun. Besides, the
	acvtion is somewhat less elegant than in the Fumoto valve.
	James, forgive me, this is not meant to be a flame by any means,
just a
	datapoint.

	Igor