HEAVY K

Newer EB's have metal guides that control filter drip... though the drip hole.. do this after oil has drained that's the "neat" part of the operation. The plastic plug in the pan will shoot oil horizontally 18 to 20 inches whereas the older conventional drain plug only shot out sideways about a foot. A couple of things I've learned .
A) Don't take the oil fill cap off
B) Cold oil drain
C) short sleeve shirt
D) large piece of cardboard
I'd kill for the old style metal pan and hence the fumoto valve. Try it you'll like it.

skinnyb

I wish I only changed mine 2 times a year. I usually change 6-7 times a year, every 5k miles. 35k a year... Hope to keep for at least 6 years if it holds together....

idrive

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Please read extreme sarcasm in following reply.

WHAT!!!! You don't follow the OLM?????? You're wasting our natural resources. Spending money foolishly. Oil lasts forever now!!!!!

But your Pappy would be proud.

skinnyb

Haha. Yeah the biggest waste of resources is using all the gas to drive those miles Definitely gonna go to a more fuel efficient rig in the next couple of years...

2015rubyFX4

I was going to get one.. Till I read this.. http://www.powerstroke.org/forum/6-0...in-fumoto.html

PARIAH

100% agree.

Takeda

It sounds like my concern in a previous post is valid!

The disadvantages definately out weigh the advantages of the Fumoto valve!
Removing the drain plug is a nit, compared to changing the oil filter.

bcb97

If you keep reading that thread, there are some valid points they make. If someone has sludge and metal flakes at the bottom of their oil pan, they have bigger prOblems than the valve anyways. Just because new oil mixes with a little old oil, that isn’t an issue. I have a fumoto valve waiting to be installed. When I do my oil changes with the valve installed, I’m going to jack up the driver side to allow more oil to drain toward the valve.

2015rubyFX4

So you are going thru the aggravation of getting the jack out of the garage and jacking up one corner of the truck and putting under a jackstand but won't go thru the aggravation of taking an 8" adjustable and spending 30 seconds removing the factory drain plug? Okay sounds legit to me.

techrep

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Using an adjustable wrench to remove your drain plug is asking for problems.. lol