If you drive a Sprinter (any model year, doesn't matter), or a Dodge Ram Promaster, you need the Fumoto F-106N Drain Valve to replace your oil drain plug. Ford Transits need a F-107N. At either one of those links you can search your make, model and year to find the one you need, including big trucks. The Fumoto Drain Valve is one of the surest ways to prevent thread stripping of your oil pan.
On those pages you will find a hose with an inner diameter of 3/8" that perfectly fits over the nipple of the drain valve. Any 3/8" inner diameter hose from a hardware or plumbing supply store will work. You really only need about a foot, so if you buy the 3-foot length from Fumoto you can cut it to length.
You can buy the Fumoto Drain Valve at Amazon, or directly from Fumoto, among other places.
Once you have the drain valve installed, you just connect the hose to the nipple, then the other end of the hose into a drain pan or something to catch the oil, and open the valve. No spilling, no stripping. It's nearly a white glove oil change.
For those with 2.7 liter Sprinters that use 9.5 quarts of oil, a 10-quart jug is the perfect catch container for an oil change. The later model year Sprinters use, I think, 14 quarts of oil, so an appropriately sized container will need to be obtained. I think the Promasters use 6 quarts (the diesels use 7 quarts). The Ford Transits use, I think, 6.9 (3.7L V6) or 7.0 (3.5L EceBoost) and 11.6L (for the Power Stroke Diesel).
The right container will slip under the van easily and connect to the hose. At one time I briefly used a kitty litter container. Then I switched to a 2.5 gallon gas can. On the gas can I siliconed the hose in place after the original pour spout split (say that 3 times fast).
At Dodge and Chrysler dealers, they have these 2.5 gallon DEF jugs that are perfect for most oil changes, especially for the 2.7L inline 5 cylinder Sprinters at 9.5 quarts. A small town Dodge dealer, like mine at home, throws 5-6 of these things away every day. Large dealers it's probably a dumpster full daily.
Below is my trusty gas can (that I bought at the Detroiter, BTW) and one of the Mopar DEF jugs that I got for free (click image to expand). Simply unscrew the spout when it's time to dump the oil.
Whether you do oil changes this way or some other way, at least here's a free 2.5 gallon catch container and some ideas. If nothing else, hopefully it'll prompt you to order the damn drain valve so that you or someone at an oil change place <cough cough Speedco cough cough> doesn't strip the oil drain plug threads. This method makes for a very quick and easy oil (and non-messy) change in a truck stop, Walmart or most any other parking lot.
On those pages you will find a hose with an inner diameter of 3/8" that perfectly fits over the nipple of the drain valve. Any 3/8" inner diameter hose from a hardware or plumbing supply store will work. You really only need about a foot, so if you buy the 3-foot length from Fumoto you can cut it to length.
You can buy the Fumoto Drain Valve at Amazon, or directly from Fumoto, among other places.
Once you have the drain valve installed, you just connect the hose to the nipple, then the other end of the hose into a drain pan or something to catch the oil, and open the valve. No spilling, no stripping. It's nearly a white glove oil change.
For those with 2.7 liter Sprinters that use 9.5 quarts of oil, a 10-quart jug is the perfect catch container for an oil change. The later model year Sprinters use, I think, 14 quarts of oil, so an appropriately sized container will need to be obtained. I think the Promasters use 6 quarts (the diesels use 7 quarts). The Ford Transits use, I think, 6.9 (3.7L V6) or 7.0 (3.5L EceBoost) and 11.6L (for the Power Stroke Diesel).
The right container will slip under the van easily and connect to the hose. At one time I briefly used a kitty litter container. Then I switched to a 2.5 gallon gas can. On the gas can I siliconed the hose in place after the original pour spout split (say that 3 times fast).
At Dodge and Chrysler dealers, they have these 2.5 gallon DEF jugs that are perfect for most oil changes, especially for the 2.7L inline 5 cylinder Sprinters at 9.5 quarts. A small town Dodge dealer, like mine at home, throws 5-6 of these things away every day. Large dealers it's probably a dumpster full daily.
Below is my trusty gas can (that I bought at the Detroiter, BTW) and one of the Mopar DEF jugs that I got for free (click image to expand). Simply unscrew the spout when it's time to dump the oil.
Whether you do oil changes this way or some other way, at least here's a free 2.5 gallon catch container and some ideas. If nothing else, hopefully it'll prompt you to order the damn drain valve so that you or someone at an oil change place <cough cough Speedco cough cough> doesn't strip the oil drain plug threads. This method makes for a very quick and easy oil (and non-messy) change in a truck stop, Walmart or most any other parking lot.