[Vwdiesel] Cold starting with bad compression

[Val Christian]

Shalyn,

On aircraft, the oil drain point is protected.  On cars, it's a low 
point.  The quick drain used on aircraft just unkeys, and pushes up
to drain.  A piece of tubing 5/8 or 3/4" diameter slides over the
quick drain, and when you push up, the flow begins.  Cut the tubing long
enough to reach a spackle bucket below, and you have a clean drain.

The only thing cleaner is sucking it out, which I do on the TDI.  Drop
a plastic line through the oil filler, clip the line.  Pump a vacuum
on the container, then unclip the line.  3 minutes later it sounds 
like a kid finishing a milkshake.  Then suck out the oil filter
area, and then you're done.  It's great.

I've never put a quickdrain on a car, because I'm afraid that some 
chunk of snow and ice might break it off.

Val

> 
> 
> >On airplanes,
> >we just run a hose to the quickdrain, and the oil dumps into a bucket.
> >It can be heated on a campstove prior to engine start.
> >  
> >
> 
> I have seen quick disconnects  to put in place of a drain plug at the 
> parts store.  If they didn't look so badly machined, I would have bought 
> one.  Anyone ever tried them on the car?  I know they are used in heavy 
> machinery sometimes (at least I was told to encourage shops to try them 
> for environmental reasons--less spills) but I never got any feedback.  I 
> guess it doesn't matter much on the TDI with the 10,000 mi. oil change 
> interval, but I could save a bit of mess with the '85.  If only there 
> was a cleaner way to get that filter off....
> 
> -Shalyn
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