Want to take oil sample

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Care, Maintenance & Troubleshooting' started by ramdulari, Jun 2, 2010.

  1. ramdulari

    ramdulari Member

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    Hi folks,
    I remember seeing a suction pump to sample to the oil from the dipstick tube a few months ago here on priuschat and on amazon. Today I want to purchase it, but just can't locate it again! I tried a lot of searches on amazon, google and here to no avail. Can someone please post some product links?
    Thanks,
    Mihir
     
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    I got mine from Toromont Caterpillar

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    A small plastic tube goes into the top of the head, the tube is inserted into the dipstick. A few pumps and a vacuum draws the oil out

    It was $20 at Toromont Cat and works very slick

    Amsoil sells a similar pump

    AMSOIL Maintenance Tools

    Blackstone also sells one

    Vacuum Pump

    They have gone up in price since 2004
     
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  3. ramdulari

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    Fantastic! thanks a lot! :)