Stahlbus Oil Drain Valve Review and Install 

THIS. THIS! keep the tips flowing! it got my own maintenance project reminders and tips flowing. hope this saves time and time again AND it reminds me of other stuff i need to keep maintaining so here are some quick tips (unrelated directly to the Stihlbus but for time savings and planning ahead ) **hope this video keeps being magnetic for other viewers also...well done....and i'm off to order one and give it a try as it will alleviate/prevent all types of mishaps. plus it's January so a good time of the year to plan ahead and not do the oil change til warmer weather's here...(no lift yet) not sure if they made that magnetic part yet would be great that first time to install that first time that is. a whole lot less part numbers to look up. and once i get that torque the first time, yep. **other projects to consider : one guy mentioned that there is an oil pan that contains a cooler. in past i bolted in a Jasper cooler to the front engine. wish i knew about the integrated cooler oil pan on another vehicle when i had to drop the oil pan after i had a shop (oops new guy overtightened the oil drain plug he's fired he did it for a few days you know like 90 to 180days before they reviewed the camera footage.100% of all those vehicles. oops) do the oil change during a summer road trip...DIY IYWIDRTJDIY. painful discovery 5k miles later and 24hrs downtime for the gasket seal to form. seeing your fire extinguisher is a good reminder to check mine and make sure they are properly filled. and each 10 years we just replaced the smoke detectors (now have a built in long lasting battery for ten years, not those change a 9volt each radnom time on Monday constant beeps at 2:00 A.M. a sschool night! requiring scaffolding or a tall ladder for a cathedral ceiling through an external window remove the screens nonsense avoided kind of inconvenience (get out towels to not scuff the window pane, put painters tape on the ladder to not scratch the wall paint, etc.). our smoke detectors now we made sure to get the integrated ones with the carbon monoxide dection at least one per floor. plus there's that toilet flapper i just changed and need to double check it today. some toilet shutoff valves check your code...and for convenience you might turn turn and turn and turn to turn on /off so get a 1/4-turn valve instead if need to replace when you replace. if there is a Stihlbus valve for toilets i haven't seen yet but if that normal toilet screw shutoff were to leak, it might be nice if the Stihlbus company could make one that self shutoff in case of a leak at the valve. and we never have to worry about a stuck shut screw valve that requires plumbing work each time...put there are sometimes ways to loosen that screw valve with a wrench very very carefully. etc. this gets this tinkerer thinking there may also be medical drain applications with tubing. especially alone or in combination with the flexible gumby type funnel materials and if they can keep their ability to change shape while still being thin enough and not any nuisance in contact with skin. etc. thanks again . this! this!!

good of you to share! gonna get one now. YES I CAN. now do oil changes at those frequent 3k intervals with 5k being the procrastination interval. thanks for removing some timely/slight obstacle, imho. not that anybody else finds the torque wrench adjustments a little slippery each time haha but it's one less obstacle eliminated.

@@ghGmail-uo3hy haha glad I can help!

Thanks for watching and the thought out comment!

Nice!

It does make things nicer for sure!

That is exactly what i do when i can get the vehicle high enough!

Yeah that is the next step to improving the scenario. I have an F250 diesel, and getting it up high enough is a real chore, even with two floor jacks and stands. A longer tube might do the trick though.

Or you can by a 5L oil jug from Amazon for $9.99, pour the new oil into that & then put the hose straight into that...

Thanks for watching! I cycle through vehicles and I have been installing these on all of them lol

Yep, I can definitely see that happening

It does indeed make it much less messy!

Thanks for commenting info, others will hopefully find it!

You are most welcome!

That is indeed valid and something I thought about as well. I cam to the conclusion that I change my oil hot and ideally any debries will be caught up in the oil. If there are chunks big enough to not be caught in the oil then I figure I have problems bigger than an oil change will solve lol...I am no mechanic or engineer though

yup. flow restriction and it sticks out more than a simple plug, I'd be worried about it being ripped off. $44 to make the oil run slower? and another drain hose? no thanks.

Thabks for the helpful comment!

Thanks for the comment! For the oil filter some guys invented this thing. I forget what it is called but something to the effect of "oil udder" I think. I have a couple, they are pretty cool

I have a 2014 sentra and filter is mounted vertically...makes it so much nicer haha! However on my 2006 frontier the filter is horizontal as you mention. For that they sell a "flexible funnel." I use the crap out of that thing for just such issues...I will look for a link. And thanks for the compliment on the video!

Form-A-Funnel Flexible Draining Tool - General Purpose www.amazon.com/dp/B017MTFIYE/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_TsP9Cb00Y4JFG

Also as far as the "fitmit" issues...a set of ramps saves a LOT of frusteration

@@AGuyandHisProjects ........Looking at that flexi funnel I was like .....sweet idea. Could use one around the garage & or vehicle tool box. Then it struck me ! Looks pretty much like a short version of a "Sam Splint" ....... I have plenty of those around. Maybe a little narrower, but hey. Just an observation, & food for thought to get the gears turning....... Also.....others have thought that the threads go into the pan far enough to possibly impeded complete draining and maybe leave a little sludge behind. Thoughts ?

@@backcountryoverland103 thanks for your thoughts! I have no idea what a "sam splint" is lol. I'll have to look it up. As for the sludge issue, i run the vehicle for a good 10-20 minute drive prior to changing the oil. This allows any sediment to get caught in the oil and drain. If it is sludgy enough to not get mixed up with the oil then you have much larger problems that a drain plug isn't going to solve. My opinion only.

Id bet they just unscrew the whole thing like a normal drain plug...but who knows for sure

they'll cry like the little sucks they are even if you gave them the connector..... the answer is wait...most ppl I know do 2-3x more oil changes than they need. .

You may as well set your car on fire...with a valve like this there's really no excuse.

Thanks for watching! As far as the vacuum question I have used a regular house vacuum and it worked just fine as well. I do not know how much vacuum you need...give it a try and let me know! Haha. As far as the torque goes, the drain valve on the package specified what they wanted it torqued to. I have the valve on all three vehicles now and zero issues so I am comfortable sticking with what the package claimed. Yes I am in the same boat as well as all three of those vehicles manuals call for a higher torque spec than the drain valve package

@@AGuyandHisProjects I might teflon tape mine just to be safe. Help make it more "snug" and vibration/leak proof. I saw a few reviews about how the crush washer does not always do a good job depending on the vehicle. Cheers fir replying.

Of course! I had a similar thought about the teflon, but have not had any issues using as directed.

You drive a Prius, so don’t worry about the vacuum power. You can probably suck harder than the vacuum. 😂

All depends on what you are looking for I suppose. I keep the hose in my oil drain pan so haven't lost it yet! I did think about going fumoto but I have been very happy so far

@@AGuyandHisProjects i had the fram sure drain which all this is abut use fumoto- way easier

Fumoto looks much more difficult to torque down as it doesn’t have a part of it for a wrench to fit onto

@@jonathanrockstar1 there are two flats that a crescet wrence can fot on

Lol, I do indeed have a tendency to do that hahaha!

Nice…but it beats the hell out of Scotty Kilmer, AKA Fire Marshall Scotty!

@@5400bowen I couldn't agree more!