Drill powered fuel transfer device---any good?

[Bob98SR5]

Hi all,

For those of you who have used one, do these devices work? I am thinking that something like this would be useful to suck fluids out such as oil. I know some of you have that tall, vacuum assisted oil sucker device, so this would be similar in concept, but powered by a drill and not vacuum.

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[RunnerUp]

interesting idea, i have never used one, but i would like to have one around incase i ever needed it... subscribing so i can see if these are any good

[mastacox]

I would recommend extreme caution if you use it for transferring gasoline, since most of the drills I have seen create sparks at the motor contacts when it's running...

[4x4mike]

I've used one but it was a little slow and might not be good for oil or gas. The oil actually might be too thick for it. The have them at everywhere from HF to Granger. Yoi could use a air powered drill and get away from those sparks.

[Erich_870]

I would recommend extreme caution if you use it for transferring gasoline, since most of the drills I have seen create sparks at the motor contacts when it's running...


I agree. Unless each hose was long enough to keep the drill out of any vapors, I wouldn't risk an explosion by trying to use a drill. They are not designed to protect against accidental ignition.

Erich t

[4runnerchevy]

GREAT ! Use them all the time when a DE-WALT is your only power source. I would not recomment Gas unless kept away from the drill motor. I get about 1 gal in under a minute with 46 Hydraulic fluid. I unloaded 65 gallons from a ManLift in less then an hour to change an orbital valve. Lock the trigger and take a break.

[Lee]

i used a similar drill pump to fill my tcases and diffs... it speeds things up SO much, but priming the damn thing to get everything running is really annoying and takes a lot of time to get right...

but when it's flowing, it's FLOWING!

[Bob98SR5]

oh yeah, gas + sparks = bad :p

also, good thought about priming and knowing that once primed, the thing can move thicker fluids like oil.

hmm...so lee, how do you prime it when you drain your tcase and diff? do you pour fluids in both ends of each tube?

[Bob98SR5]

What are you planning to change out, and how do you plan on properly flushing out any settled contaminates??


diff, trans and possibly transfer case