Guess the tool
 

Just bought this today.
Maybe common to many...I had never used one.
The shank is flexible.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1648684335.jpg

Magnetic picker-upper ?

Or.... how brave are you?

^^^ Nope...but on the right track.

Oil Drain plug removal tool.

^^^ Yep...loosen the plug a turn with a wrench and get the magnetic end near the plug.
Turn it out without getting hot oil running down your hand or having to fish it out of the drain pan. :)

OK, I like that. Where'd you get it? Got a link to share with us?

No problem...
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MSJEBBO?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2_dt_b_product_details

Fumoto no worko with my Civic SI
There's a removable pan under the oil pan. :)

I have them on both cars shown below....love them, they work great.

Another tool I’ve bought because of you guys!

I gota get one now. Should have picked one up about 10 burnt fingers ago.

Ah. Late in life I find out such a thing exists.

Clever tool!

Have you tried it yet?

i will give it a shot. just bought one.

waste of money cause you'll still have the drip from the oil filter on a wasserpumping flat 6

Nope..just got it. Here's a video where I first saw it.

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Nope! Not for me. I like getting hot oil all over my hands. I like the challenge of trying to remove the drain plug without getting oil all over my hands. Makes the day more interesting!

agree smelling like hot oil is what being a man is all about

Hot oil and exhaust fumes... aka Man cologne.

is that like a Millenial Mechanic?
All positive and upbeat and not grumpy or anything, more petroleum in his hair then on his hands and clothes?


Wouldn't let him touch my cayman even if he paid me for it!!

I like it when on the last threads out...the hot plug slips out of your hand and then you get to fish it out of the drain pan.

My wife's Macan has a plastic drain plug. I guess I need the plastic magnet version?

the non OEM magnetic plug i stuck in my cayman isn't metal either.
not sure what material it is, but it 's weird looking like a hard plastic or ceramic

No fear of cross threading that sucker must be nice.

I wonder if the flexy shafty thing would work on a MC drain.

^^^ I think it would because it only grabs two sides of the nut...making it fit any size nut.
(As long as it was unscrewed with the wrench a full turn or so.)

As long as you can still get hot oil over all your sweatshirt , I am all in .

Mrs. Lee's X1 has a plastic drain plug with a female Allen bolt. Inserting a male Allen bit and twisting that when it's good and hot just turns it into Play-Dough. God, I hate that car. It's all plastic.

So I have to ask, how easy is it to clean off the tool once it does its job?
If it's not easier than pulling off a nitrile glove and tossing it in the trash I'm not sure it's worth it.

what will happen to manhood in the age of the EV?
I think i'll start storign my used oil for future use and market it as
"essence de Porsche PetrolHead
Mobil1 Full Synthetic Body Lotion
for real men"

^^^ Scott
The shank is a flexible steel cable and the rest of it is plastic and metal.
Should wipe off easily.

I'll be trying it out soon...the Prelude is due for a spring oil change.

Sounds like an easy fix. Find a steel plug to replace.

The 901 transmission originally had a female plug. There were aftermarket male hex head replacements.

What good is that tool when drain plug is on the bottom of the pan? Oil will run down the flexi shaft all over your hand, sweater sleeve or better yet, down your arm if you’re wearing short sleeve shirt.

^^^ It has a flexible cable for the shank. Just hold and turn it with the cable curved.

The smell of burnt electronics is still kind of manly

I've never fished a plug out of the drain pan. I have one of those round ones that slope to a hole in the center. I just put the pan under the let the plug fall in and wait for the oil to drain down the hole.

^^^ I do also for the 911's....but it's a big pan.
I use a smaller reg pan for the Hondas because I need the room under the car.

we shouldn't have to give it up and defo not without a fight !

Warm up engine with reving but don't get it too hot,
Wear nitrile gloves, have rags handy,
Keep pushing in gently while unscrewing the bolt until it clicks,
Use a quick flip to the side of the stream when it lets loose,
Discover the drain pan is not lined up and the wind is blowing it sideways,
Call EPA for superfund cleanup.

^^^
I have always driven the car until it's fully warmed up....I wonder sometimes if that's necessary.
And yes...the pan is almost always not far enough over to compensate for the first part.

I'd spend more time cleaning the tool than my hand that is holding a rag.