Outdoor Power Equipment (Lawn Mowers, Snow Blowers, Chain Saws and more) Discussions

Hi All,

I went to change the oil in my Toro today.  It has a long metal pipe with a thread on the end, and a nut that is supposed to be removed to drain the oil.  I thought to myself, this is great, nice and easy to reach, piece of cake.  Well, when I go to remove the nut, the whole pipe turns!  The other end is threaded too.  I tried to hold on to the pipe with a pair of pliers, but it still turns.  Am I doing something wrong?  I must be doing something wrong, why would they design it that way.  I have hit the nut on the end with WD-40 three times already.  Thanks for helping this mechanically challanged guy!

I attached a petcock to the end of the pipe, no more fiddling with the cap nut.

There is a great product called "Drainzit" which is a flexible drain tube that replaces the solid pipe. The block side tightens securely to the engine using a hex fitting and seat that makes it leak proof as well as vibration proof. The drain end has a hex fitting as well as a hex cap. You use two wrenches -one to prevent the tube from turning and one to loosen the cap. Google "Drainzit" and you will find dealers and pictures. The best part is they make one for the Honda 10mm drain port Part#Hon1010 which makes a particularly messy oil change surgicaly clean.  The part# for the 1/4" port on Briggs and Tecumseh is stan1025.

The Drainzit came on some of the Briggs powered Simplicity units a few years ago.

Marc