On 2006-01-30, Newps wrote:

How can this happen? I bought a clear piece of poly tubing from the
hardare store that I put on the quick drain and then go home and finish
the job the next day. Never once in 9 years of changing oil has oil
somehow got onto the outside of the tubing.

Not sure since I haven't seen the inside of the valve, but the part
you push up and lock to drain it is the smaller cylinder. The oil
normally drains through it into the tubing, but apparently it *can*
seep around the top of the plunger part when it's locked open. Maybe
it's a sign of a problem with the valve, which I hadn't considered.

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Ben Jackson

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