[s-cars] Oil Drain Cock.

[PramTT]

I have seen this new Fram oil "drain valve" at the local Autozone store.
Interesting but I rather wait until more people tried them.  One of my
concern looking at it is that the plug part (that goes to the oil pan)
has very limited amount of contact area for the socket wrench (during
install).  Since some on the list actually had problem of stripping their
plugs before considering this option, maybe they should think before
going this route (even though you are supposed to leave the plug once for
all).  The whole assembly (except the drain tube)looks like they are made
from brass (soft)

Pram
92S4


>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
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