Home Forums Gear Hunting Trucks and Four-Wheel Drives 13 Qt oil changes - what are you catching the waste in?

I've been using an action packer tub for the capacity. I just did an oil change and when I went to pour the oil into jugs to take to the recycle at the dump, it made a big mess. I think because the oil was considerably hotter than when I do changes in the winter.

I need something that will hold 13 qt min., and EASY to pour out, and readily available at a parts store like NAPA or such.

I don't need any online options that sell a $20 tub and charge me $30 for shipping.

Thanks.

I have one similar to this. 20 qt capacity, easy to use spout, and $9 at Oreilly and other stores. It helps to get someone to hold the funnel when you pour it into waste jugs, though.

The mess was from the tub dribbling not the filter so much.

Thanks. I'll go see what the local O'reilly has. I imagine NAPA and Schmucks has similar.

They have that one at O'reiley

Ask if they have any free empty buckets with lids. I pretty much just run 5 gallon Lowes buckets with lids or a dedicated dirty funnel to re-fill the one-gallon jugs.

Also, if you are making a mess, grab one of those big flat oil pans that look completely useless. Looks like this.
Do all your work on that and the mess stays in the pan...

Remember this is Kenai.



That pan would be the cat's hiney. I use a dedicated funnel now.

Pouring out of the action packer causes a small dribble normally, but this time it was slobbering.

O'Reilly's tomorrow.

Wallys has a similar one for about the same money. Have one for coolant changes and another for oil changes for my diesel.

badger hole, problem solved

Assuming your drain plug isn't angled, i.e. it points straight down at the ground, what you want is to replace your drain plug with a Fumoto valve. I've used one for the past 8 years and it is the cleanest and easiest way to drain a large quantity of oil. You simply place a short length of hose over the nipple on the value, open it, and drain the oil directly into used gallon oil jugs. Watch as the oil level rises. When near the top shut off the value and swap in a new gallon jug and repeat until all your oil is drained. You'll still need a small oil pan to catch the oil that drains when you remove your oil filter, but that is a minimal amount.





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There are several different models available, but the one that works the best has the nipple on it so you can slip on a drain hose and drain right into a gallon jug.

That looks slick Walt.

This truck has the drain on the side of the pan at the bottom. It's the plastic Ford pan with the 1/4 turn plug.

What year, make, model and engine do you have? I can probably find the correct Fumoto valve for you.

Wrap some Teflon tape around the threads of the Fumoto valve when you install it. I installed mine 8 years ago and haven't touched it since. That's another advantage of the Fumoto valve that I forgot to mention, no more hunting up the right wrench or socket to remove and reinstall the drain plug.

I use a wash bucket that fits under the truck, then use a coffee can and funnel to pour it into the plastic jugs. I buy the oil in 2&1/2 gallon containers so I always have big jugs to put it in.

Cut the top end of a 55 or 1/4 barrel and fit a quarter turn valve to it. Place on a bench or table and drain it into what you want. May have to put the "barrel" on something to drain into it with the valve attached. But F-Superduty's have good ground clearance.

Appreciate the offer Walt. I think I'll go with the pan above first. I actually like the plug on this pan - it takes the 3/8 socket wrench (sans socket) to turn.

Mike - just had mine done at the new quick lube in kenai. Labor was $14.95. Oil was a bit higher than I could buy it for but less than the trip to town to buy and trip to recycle....

I don't have that much faith in "quickie" oil places. Heard too many horror stories, 1 directly.

I wouldn't drain it into a milk jug like that... as I don't have that much confidence in it...

however as far as for the valve... I put one on my 4Runner back when I first changed the oil at 1,000 miles... put teflon tape on it like as said above...

it been giving me reliable service on the 4 Runner now for 519,000 miles...never a problem or leak....

it was like $8.99 when I bought it at an AutoParts store back in October 1987....

and for oil changes on all of my rigs, I have used those < $2.00 buckets you find out Wally World in the auto department that they usually use for people to was their cars in....

I use various one gallon jugs to drain oil in to run it over to recycling, bleach jug, milk jug whatever...

To hold them, I put an automatic tranny funnel in the jug, with a little can't to let the air out while the oil goes in there...

and to hold the milk jug, I just put two of them in a milk crate, the second one is just to keep the first one from roaming around and making it a 3 handed affair..

To drain out what might be left in the blue car wash bucket, I just turn it upside down over my burn barrel, on top of the grate on top of it..

haven't had any big messes to clean up for years...

and I set the car wash bucket inside a cheap oil change pan, that just catches any splashes that may occur...

and something I learned in the army, I use exam gloves on my hands, just peal them off and throw them in the trash when done...

if you are doing this on a diesel truck you can just dump the old oil on 3/4 tank or more of diesel and just burn up the waste oil as fuel.

My diesel truck holds 10 quarts so I use one of the large plastic containers that Wally World sells. It has a solid top that slopes to the center. There is a hole in the center where the oil flows through. Also there is a plastic plug that screws in and seals the hole in the center. There is a plastic spout out of the side of it that has a screw on cap on it. I usually just haul the container to the recycle center and pour it in their oil recycle tank.

On an older rig that may work. I think that would be really bad on this '11 F250.

Don't you have a fuel filter for that? They make new motors every day!

True words there Sir!

I just don't want to get in line to buy one.

I just use square 4 gallon plastic buckets. But I get dozens every year from our commercial laundry soap. Oil pours out nice. And they fit under the truck. For doing lower rigs, I just cut the top 1/3rd off.