Hand pumped oil extractor is OK, certainly better than even 3x more expensive electrical ones (tend to leak after a while).

 

But I am not a fan of Pela 6000, because it falls to bits when you try to pump it single handed. Sealey TP69 and its copies (Screwfix and others) is much better (and perhaps £5 more if you look around). Sealey has a small wire foot stand you can step on and then you can hold the hose in one hand vacuuming e.g. oil filter housing, while maintaining vacuum with the other hand.

Pela has nothing like that, and if you try to operate it single handed it moves about and then the pump part separates, very annoying during the job.

Apologies, only now noticed the link in your post, you want something bigger that can hold the warm oil. Here is what I use, I see the price came down to £45.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sealey-TP69-Vacuum-Oil-Fluid-Extractor-Manual-6-5ltr-Syphon-Pump-Suction-/140942876225

 

This one works, have been using it for over 6 years on 2 cars, 3-4 oil services per year in total. It is also useful for running fresh fuel through a new fuel filter, as well as for some hydraulic jobs like making sure air is not trapped around clutch bleed nipple (though bleeding the brakes, at least on the Superb requires 1+ bar pressure difference, so you are better off with a Gunson eezibleed +spare tyre for this job).

 

Just to clarify, you insert the thin tube into dipstick tube to the end, connect thick one to the thin one and the extractor, and pump ~10 - 20 times. After oil is gone from the sump (make sure engine is hot before change, you do not want any deposits left over), you can then vacuum oil filter housing and oil cooler if you have them (some engines have different filter arrangements, I have 2 diesels so both have oil/oil cooler). You get between a glass and a pint of oil from there, that is why topside change actually gets more oil than raising the car on ramps etc.

 

Hope this helps, if you find it cheaper, let us know, the link I posted was first thing that came in Sealey TP69 search on eBay.

Edited 6 August, 201411 yr by dieselV6

dieselV6, I agree with your comments re having to hold the pump on the top of the Pela and needing to use 2 hands to use it - it gets the job done though.

Having said that though, based on your experiences, if I was buying again I'd go with the Sealey.

I had the Pela for 5 years, gets the job done but with not without faffing, that's why I bought the Sealey afterwards.