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Mityvac 7300 PneumatiVac Air-Operated Fluid Evacuator |  | Brand: Mityvac
Category: Automotive Parts and Accessories
List Price: $147.20
Buy New: $78.99
as of 9/9/2010 06:23 CDT details
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Seller: ToolTopia
Rating:  22 reviews
Sales Rank: 1241
Media: Misc.
Shipping Weight (lbs): 7.4
Dimensions (in): 12.9 x 9.5 x 25.8
MPN: 7300
Model: 7300
UPC: 646541000729
EAN: 0646541003843
ASIN: B000JFN9WW
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Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Features a 2.3 gallon (8.8 liter) capacity air operated fluid evacuator for large jobs | | • | Automatic shut-off valve prevents overfilling | | • | Can be used to extract a wide-range of fluid types from transmission fluid, coolant, brake fluid, gear to engine oil | | • | Reservoir is constructed of durable polyethylene and will not rust or corrode | | • | Kit comes with 5 feet of flexible hose, dipstick tubes and a universal brake-bleeding adapter |
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Product Description
Features and Benefits: - 2.3 gallon capacity
- Automatic shut-off valve prevents overfilling
- Can be used to extract a wide-range of fluid types: Transmission fluid, coolant, brake fluid, gear and engine oil
Includes:- 5 ft. of flexible hose
- 2 rigid dipstick tubes
- Universal brake-bleeding adapter
- Air connection at bottom of unit for greater stability
- Durable, polyethylene construction
- Powered by shop air
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 22
 very good product August 29, 2010
jimtheaudi
Very good product with a few shortcomings. The hoses provided are too short to be very useful but additional hoses can be purchased at a home center. Also if you use the evacuator often (professionally) it will probably cave in due to the hot oil and suction. I put 2 pieces of wood cut and wedged inside and so far so good. The capacity is sufficient and speed of removal of oil is also good.
 No Mess August 9, 2010
William Hoffman (Placerville, CA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Mityvac 7300 is easy to use and very well made. Using this to remove the oil from transmissions that have no drain plug avoids the mess for us home shop folks. Great product.
It works great! August 9, 2010
STP (Detroit, MI)
I have 3 cars, a jeep, a Volvo and a VW Passat so sometimes it seems like I am running my own little oil change shop. Anything that makes things easier is much appreciated. The Volvo and the VW have belly pans that have to be removed to do a regular drain plug oil change which is a real pain but both also have oil filters accessible from up top. So the MityVac makes oil changes tons easier on these cars. No need to get on the ground at all. If you have a car that fit this description one of the MityVac fluid extractors is must. It takes oil changes and moves them from being a Saturday morning project to something you can just whip off while waiting for dinner to be ready. No ramps, no messing with the belly pan, no changing into something you don't mind laying on the garage floor in, no laying in slush in January, etc. (On the other hand, the Jeep filter change requires getting on the ground anyway and there is no belly pan to remove so while the MityVac does work on the Jeep, I'm going to stick with the Fumoto valve technique there since I'm under the car anyway and the valve plus some tubing puts the oil directly into my disposal container a/k/a empty milk jug. If your car requires getting on your back anyway to change the filter I suggest looking into the Fumoto valve).
It takes about 15 minutes to suck 6 qts of oil out. That's probably about the same as it would take to drain but it does result in time savings since you can get started in less than a minute then go gather up what you need to do the filter change and start on the preliminaries while it sucks away. Really, it is the convenience rather than outright time savings that makes this thing worthwhile. Added bonus - my lawn mower and power washer (both of which lack drain plugs) are now going to get more regular oil changes and I'm looking forward to using it to do a power steering fluid change, my next differential fluid change on the jeep and to bleed my brakes (it comes with a bleeder attachment). Well worth the price.
At least on my cars, it pulls out as much oil as draining does (note, if you start off a quart or 2 low, it will not magically manufacture oil for you so the test is not how much it sucks out but how much you have to put back in). I have a 26 gallon compressor and it can do a whole change only cycling on once near the end. I use 100 psi. It was actually quite a bit quieter than I thought it would be. There is a plug in the top that pulls out to reveal a nice pour hole with a little spout for pouring the oil into a disposal container. The tubing is just long enough to do my cars which means its not long enough to do a truck without putting the MityVac up on something. But, the tubing is just generic poly tubing and there are no fittings so it should be easy to make longer tubing. I haven't tried it but there is a picture on the box of 2 of the included pieces of tubing connected together and it does look like the largest size might fit into the plug connectors on the ends of the other two pieces. (It is true the instructions are worthless. Don't even bother reading them).
Mityvac 7300 June 29, 2010
Paul J. Mos (Severna Park, Md United States)
I have used it once since I purchased it and it is nice to receive a product that does what it is advertised to do. Instructions are ok.
Great Product May 31, 2010
T. Willis (San Diego, CA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I used the Mityvac 7300 for the first time this past weekend. Overall, I am very satisfied. I ran the tube down the dip stick hole and evacuated all of the oil out of the oil pan. I know this because after I was done I removed the drain plug to see if any oil was left. Not a drop! Usually, oil continues to dribble out of the oil drain hole for quite a while on a standard oil change. This unit sucked the oil pan dry.
Positives: It works as advertised. It draws the oil out and makes no mess. I have always changed my own oil. There used to always be some some clean up and an occasional splash zone. Not anymore. Removing the oil and handling the used oil is easy and makes no mess.
Negatives: The tubes that are provided are to short. To use the unit out of the box I had to lay it on top of the engine on its side. My vehicle is a '02 Toyota Tacoma. It is nothing out of the ordinary. Standard engine and the dip stick hole is in the front of the engine compartment. I am going to buy a longer piece of tubing and then I will be very happy. There is no fitting provided for the air line either. A small item but I would have liked to have to not disassemble something else to get the air fitting.
This product would have received a strong 5-stars if the dip stick tubing was longer. I expect to change my oil more frequently now because it is now quite a bit easier to do and using this unit makes no mess at all.
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