Stahlbus Oil Drain Valve Plug G 1/2 inch-14 = R 1/2 inch = 1/2 inch BSP Steel - CLEAN, EASY, NO TOOL Oil Change - Includes: Oil Drain Plug, Washer, Cap, Connector, Silicone Hose

This is very high quality, and it is a perfect fit on my Honda GX690 engine. The thread pitch on competing products that claim to fit the GX690 are too coarse. This comes with the crush washer and a cap for the drain plug for when you're running the motor. When you want drain the oil, take of the cap and install the hose by pushing it into the plug and making a quarter turn. No mess! I would prefer a plug with a drain hose that stays attached so I can't lose it, but all the plugs with the permanently attached hoses had the wrong thread pitch. I've run my motor for over an hour with the new drain plug installed and there were no leaks, so the seal is great and it functions as advertised. It is pretty expensive compared to other "easy drain" plugs, but it appears to be a high-quality, finely crafted piece of equipment and will likely last longer than the engine itself. It was easy and quick to install.

Better than a fumoto. I've tried both. I prefer this one. If its on a vehicle made for adventure, this is the one, nothing to get hung up on like the fumoto lever.

I love this thing! I got one of these for the Allroad simply to avoid the usual drain pan mess. I do outdoor oil changes and have a pretty clean routine, but there's always the dribble of oil at the end that's subject to the ways of the breeze, and transferring the oil from the pan to the milk jug, then the cleanup of the pan (Clorox spray and paper towels so clean I could eat from it!). Not with the Stahlbus. The silicone tube lives in a Ziploc baggie and the leftover oil pan drain plug (just in case) in my spare tire well. Unscrew the protective cap, press the bayonet fitting in with a quarter twist, and out comes a slow but steady flow of warm engine oil straight into the pick-up receptacle. No mess. My engine's top-mounted oil filter makes this all the cleaner because it removes without draining any oil. When the change is complete, the bayonet pops back out, on goes the protective cap, and I loop the silicon tube onto the other end of the bayonet fitting to make a "bracelet" ring and back into the baggie it goes. I like it so much that I bought a second for my Ford. I should mention that installation is no more difficult that a standard oil pan drain plug. I picked up a B01D3F9ZRC "Thorium Racking Cane Auto Siphon Tube Clip Clamp Holder | 1/2" size" to retain the Stahlbus silicone hose to the top of the jug I'm draining into. The clip fits the hose securely with no chance of slippage to make oil changes all the more mess-proof. The clip lives in the Ziploc bag with the hose and bayonet fitting, and oil changes are about as effortless as I could hope for.

Update: I was sort of concerned that the ball valve might seep slightly, but when I checked the valve a few days after installation (of the first one) there was absolutely no oil inside the protective cap! My concerns were unfounded. I change the oil in my car the second time and found no leakage past the primary ball seal. Good product - I just got the second valve for my wife's car and will install it tomorrow. Although theses drain valves are pretty expensive, they make oil changes so much easier! Draining the oil can be done with fingers only - no wrenches required.

This is the second style quick drain plug and this one is much better design. It has a 1/4 turn male and female fittings. The male fitting inserts quickly into the female drain plug fitting on the oil pan. This 1/4 turn design allows for draining hot engine oil since its fast and your hand isn't on there long enoughto heat up. The other brand has to screw on the out side of the drain plug and can get hot from heat transferring while you find the starter threads. The Stahlbus insert male fitting also fits into the hose end, so afterwards you can simply slip the hose over the male fitting and self contain any residual engine oil. This helps from having to try wait for the hose to drip clean or spray out with break clean like the other brand I have to do. I also like the check ball style instead of the levered valve drain plugs I have seen also. They seem unsecure from someone tampering with your truck and just draining your oil out on the ground or something hitting the lever. Granted the latter is probably a low probability. I have also read on those that debris or mud can cake it the lever making it unusable. The only improvement I would suggest, is to have a longer hose then what comes on it. Maybe 2x longer or more.

Easy to install, quality part with good instructions. For my application, I did find I needed to trim the insert slightly to get full drain from the engine.

I used one of these for years on my Jeep Wrangler so when I bought a Gladiator I didn’t hesitate to buy one for it. No tools required to drain the oil. No burning your fingers. No oil splashing out of the pan. No having to fish the drain plug out if the oil pan. It’s super easy. One word of caution. The instructions say to tighten to 18 ft lbs of torque. This does not seem tight enough but it is. I was worried it would leak oil but it never did. If you don’t have a torque wrench then borrow one. This is very important. If you look at the one star reviews most of them say it broke off at the threads. If you use a torque wrench and tighten per the instructions it will not break.

Well made and easy to use.

Idéal sur ma Smart ForTwo 541 essence. Matériel de très bonne qualité. Facile a installer. Maintenant une vidange d'huile est beaucoup plus rapide et beaucoup plus propre. Je place directement le tuyau de vidange d'huile dans un bidon vide que j'évacue par la suite. Plus besoin de bacs et de nettoyages.... Dommage que le tuyau fourni n'est pas plus long il ne fait que une dizaine de centimètres.

Ho scoperto questo prodotto sui forum internet. La qualità é ottima (infatti é piuttosto caro) ma lo trovo utilissimo per il cambio olio

Der Ölwechsel selbst geht damit deutlich sauberer und entspannter. Kein Gefummel mehr mit der Ablassscraube, sauberes ablaufen, keine Ölspritzer auf dem Boden nur weil der Wind wiedermal unter dem Auto vorbeizieht. Klare Empfehlung für alle, die ihr Öl selbst wechseln. Preislich nicht ganz günstig, aber die Qualität und der Komfort machen das absolut wett.

I am a regular long-term user of Stahlbus. The oil change system ordered here (the Stahlbus brake bleeder valves also) have been used in all of my cars and motorcycles (for mc: you should think about ground clearance before) over the years. In this case it was unnecessary nostalgia because the vehicle has a steel oil pan. But for the ALUMINIUM OIL PANS, in my opinion, it is imperative to use such a system to take the strain off the threads once and for all. In use, I recommend changing the oil at operating temperature and with the filler cap open at the top to ensure a good flow, as the cross section of the system is smaller than if you unscrew a conventional drain plug.

It's an excellent idea, in my opinion all vehicles should be fitted with these as standard. Makes an oil change a 5 minute job, so simple it's genius. Has only been on the bike for a few months so cannot attest to the long term quality so far, but initial thoughts are it does exactly what's promised.