tedfred
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Dear All,
Having spent about 2 hours last night draining 5L of oil out of a VW Golf I am totally unimpressed with the performance of my new Pela 6000! Had the weather not been so bad, I would have performed the task the old fashioned way within the first hour.
Can anyone tell me whether the connection between the “ Top Hat “ and the pump assembly is supposed to be a tight fit? The one I have is totally slack such that you have to forcibly push down on the pump whilst lifting the plunger in order to maintain a seal of any quality, additionally the pump has to be maintained in a vertical position for fear of loosing the vacuum.
The suction when felt during a successful stroke is very often not felt during the next successive stroke, indicating the vacuum leaks from the chamber as well as from the pump interface.
I believe I read that the idea was to set the system up, go for a coffee and come back 20 mins later to find a sump full of oil in the Pela 600? That seems a fanciful idea in my experience.
Would someone like to comment?
Regards to All
Tedfred
Having spent about 2 hours last night draining 5L of oil out of a VW Golf I am totally unimpressed with the performance of my new Pela 6000! Had the weather not been so bad, I would have performed the task the old fashioned way within the first hour.
Can anyone tell me whether the connection between the “ Top Hat “ and the pump assembly is supposed to be a tight fit? The one I have is totally slack such that you have to forcibly push down on the pump whilst lifting the plunger in order to maintain a seal of any quality, additionally the pump has to be maintained in a vertical position for fear of loosing the vacuum.
The suction when felt during a successful stroke is very often not felt during the next successive stroke, indicating the vacuum leaks from the chamber as well as from the pump interface.
I believe I read that the idea was to set the system up, go for a coffee and come back 20 mins later to find a sump full of oil in the Pela 600? That seems a fanciful idea in my experience.
Would someone like to comment?
Regards to All
Tedfred