Marine Blue

Back when I had my 500e I purchased a topsider capable of sucking 8.5 quarts of oil from the dipstick tube of my car. It was truly convenient especially with the MB's top mounted filter. So now I'm wondering if my now dusty tool can also be used on the 928? Anyone use these succesffully? Oh and I don't have my car yet so I don't know exactly where the filter is positioned. Will I need to lift the car to get to it? Any thoughts would be appreciated.

hacker-pschorr

The oil filter is underneith - not far from the oil drain plug.

The #1 advantage to using the topside sucker is to prevent stripping your oil drain plug threads.

IcemanG17

Ashfin
There was a post a while back about somebody using one of these...they really liked it...but you still gotta pull the PITA bellypan to get to the filter which is right next to the drain plug?

Marine Blue

Thank you for the replies.....

If others have used it successfully that is a good start. I know many cars are not set up for use with a topsider (993 comes to mind) so I wasn't certain it would work. Getting to the oil filter shouldn't be a big deal really, just have to find a set of ramps that I won't scrape on. My 500e also had this rediculous belly pan with about 8 screws holding it in place. This had to come off many times for undercarriage detailing, changing out radiator and other maintenence so I'm use to it. I prefer the topsider simply because it is much neater/cleaner than getting under the car, putting a catch pan underneath and then having to wipe the pan after each use.

I'll post my results after my first change sometime this summer.

tv

Don't you worry about the slugdey crap that gravity abd flow might sweep out the drain plug vs. the normal oil that can be pulled out the top.

Mark

I have used an evacuator (topsider) on my shark... Worked pretty well. I found the best way to get all the oil out was to jack up the rear of the car, or park in such a way as their was a significant 'nose down' (being mindfull of NOT going so far as to crush the front spoiler!) so that the oil all flowed to the dip stick area. (when you get a 928, and see the orientation of the pan/dipstick - you will understand). You're still gonna make a mess when you pull the fiter, tho! The other advantage of pulling the drain plug, is checking for (GASP) metal shavings.

By the time you do all this, and then have to jack up the front to r/r the filter - I found that it was actually MORE time/inconvenience to use the evacuator. With my scissor lift, it is just too easy to do it the 'ole fashioned way'.

Marine Blue

Hope to have a better handle on the car by this weekend, car arrives tomorrow AM!!! Actually I just received the manuals too so I'll review those before deciding how to tackle this relatively simple job. I guess I just hate to see such a nice tool go to waste.

tv,

something I learned a while ago was to get the car warmed up to half operational temperatures to make sure any sludge or heavier oil is evenly dispersed in the oil before any oil change. Doesn't matter if it's done by topsider or the old fashioned way.

UKKid35

Brilliant!

NickT

So are you guys not changing the filter?

Marine Blue

I will change the filter with every oil change.

The topsider also works great on the mower engine.

UKKid35

I change to the oil filter when I change the oil. I suffered a very bad oil spill the last time I tried to change the oil without the Pela. Removing 6.5 litres of oil before removing the oil filter was, for me, a very good plan, even though in theory it shouldn't make any difference when changing the filter. However, using the Pela means there is no possibility of ending up with 5 or 6 litres of oil on the floor of the shared garage, which is what happened last time.