Customer Reviews

Fumoto Oil Drain Valve

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First of all, there are no worries with this item. It's built to industrial strength specs and will not wear out or break. It's a ball valve, which is a preferable design to other varieties (ask your plumber). The opening lever is springloaded to lock into a notch so it can't open itself. Most applications where you'd use it, the drain hole is at such a position and angle that the valve doesn't protrude below the bottom of the oil pan and presents no risk of getting hit by a rock or anything; the few exceptions (Volvo 240, for instance) where the drain hole is at the bottom of the pan pointed straight down, you don't really need this valve because access is already pretty good. For something like a Honda where you have to reach way back to work on a drain that's pointed away from you, and which has a narrow range of torques between leaking because it's too loose and stripping because it's too tight, this is a must.

There are two varieties, one with a nipple to attach a piece of tubing to carry the oil, and one that just drips straight down. I found that there really wasn't enough clearance under the car to make the tubing useful, as my drain pan barely clears the oil pan as is, and the thickness of a hose would require it to drain uphill for the last stretch of tubing.

The only down side is that if you then take your car somewhere for an oil change, they can't always figure out not to take the valve out and throw it away. Even when you tell them not to, and explain how to work it. To me, this just suggests that they are probably too dumb to be trusted even to just change your oil.

I have installed them on 4 vehicles so far. They're built like a tank and work perfectly (even after 8 years). I put a dab of RTV on the threads when installing them to ensure no leaks from worn oil pan threads. The F106 typically sits with the top 90 degrees to the right and not straight up as pictured. Remove the gaskette and it will snug up to the pan with the top pointing up. To change the oil, just reach under the vehicle and turn the valve. Makes the job much easier and cleaner.

It was easy to put on, and now I don't have to worry about buying a new crush washer every time I do an oil change. Just a flick of the switch and it drains the oil, flick it back and it locks and does not leak. Well worth the money and anyone that does their own oil change should definitely invest in this.

Works great and built to outlast the life of any vehicle. No fuss, no nonsense and best of all, no mess.

This thing worked great! No more having to fight with the oil pan drain plug every time. Turns what can sometimes be a 5-minute process to break the plug loose down to a 5-second deal. Excellent item.

The product works! No mystery, no magic ... just does what it says it does. Very good quality, no more burnt hands or arms.No more oil overflow because the damn drain plug plugged the catch pan!
Reach up, pull in, move lever down. ... oil drains into pan.
I LOVE this gizzy!! Draining oil is a breeze! ... Now if we could only figure out how to eliminate the "filter" hassle. LOL

I have used these high quality ball cock valves on all my cars for the past 15 years with zero problems. Never burn your hands or search for drain plug in messy oil.

I've been looking, without success, for certifiably independent reviews of this product. It may very well be a great product, but I'm not about to risk sudden & catastrophic oil loss until I see some verifiably independent testimonials. The ones here don't exactly inspire confidence - every one of them reads like Mfr's hype. I have a strong suspicion that they were all planted by the manufacturer. The YouTube ad ("Living in Style - I've gotta have that") that brought me here was an especially -- and laughably -- transparent attempt to palm off an advert as a public service message.

The Mfr's claim that the valve is double-locked also doesn't inspire confidence - I can imagine several ways that a rock or other small heavy object might open the valve & cause sudden oil loss. Until the Mfr. can point to some truly independent evaluations and tests I'll continue to change my oil the old-fashioned way - tedious & dirty, but secure.