Good deal on oil extractor - March 7th only

[steined]

I saw this in my inbox today from West Marine.

I have the Mityvac 7201 which has pump out (and is on sale at Amazon), but this one from West Marine is about $40 cheaper today. Not bad if anyone was on the fence about getting one due to costs. http://www.westmarine.com/fantastic-friday-140307-2?cm_mmc=EM-_-Promo-_-140307-_-

 

[Julian]

Anyone used this one and can vouch for it? I use a Pela 6000 and it works ok....especially if the oil is HOT when you suck it out!

 

[BoaterGuy]

I cant on that one, but it looks very similar to the one I have which cost me $100. I would've bought this one in a heart beat.

 

[txav8r]

I can fully vouch for that extractor! It is the one that I had and used for the 4 seasons with my boat, and it is the one that still resides with the Nauti Dawg at its new home in California with Danny and Cheryl ( @DawgDaze and @Suchawittygal ). It isn't the mityvac, but it is very similar. West Marine told me that they wanted their own line and researched them all, finding that the mityvac was very close to what they wanted, but susceptible to failure in a few key components. So they contracted mityvac to build them to their specs. The West Marine version is usually more expensive than amazon, so get it fast! It is definitely worth more than the mityvac version! And being the 6qt version, it allows you to change all the oil in both engines and remove from the boat without spilling!

A suggestion and something I did...I took the unit and measured out 1/4 qts and marked them on the unit with a marker, showing 1/4 qt graduations all the way up as well as full qt. That way, I could always put back only what I took out...never overfill the oil!

 

[steined]

A suggestion and something I did...I took the unit and measured out 1/4 qts and marked them on the unit with a marker, showing 1/4 qt graduations all the way up as well as full qt. That way, I could always put back only what I took out...never overfill the oil!

Good idea!