Pela Pump

[Rick101]

Can anybody recommend a particular Pela type pump?

Saw this at half the price of the Pela one. Any good?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Silverline-104616-Fluid-Ex...

Thanks

[Chrismawa]

I've got the Pela 6000 and it does the job without any issues. But the Pela was cheaper when I got mine 2 years ago.

[Sycamore]

+1 for the Pela 6000.

Bought mine from a boating supplies website as my Smart Roadster had no sump plug. Effortless to use and easy to dispose of the old oil.

[Rick101]

Quick and consistent replies. Thanks. I'll get it ordered before someone comes to change my mind.
Have just text Mrs and told he to get to Aldi to buy up a load of Castrol GTX. £3.99 a litre!

Ta.

[Matt UK]

I had to glue the pump handle at the top back on after only a few goes, it's pretty flimsy.
But since this little mod, it's been fine and works well.

[andy-xr]

I got one from the local motor factors but it was 6l rather than 4 because I needed to take 5 litres out. It's been great, think it was a Clarkes or something, £15. Made changes a lot easier

[Mr2Mike]

Those Pella pumps have gone up in price a lot! I bought a Pella 6000 for a few quid more than the Silverline one, though that was probably 4 or 5 years ago. Solid bit of kit, though make sure the oil is nice and hot before you try to suck it out otherwise you will be there for a long time.

Given Amazon's superlative customer service, and the fact that Silverline do make some reasonable quality products I'd probably give the Silverline a go in this case.

[J4CKO]

I tried one, no difference in size, waste of money.

[SilverSixer]

Rick101 said:

Have just text Mrs and told he to get to Aldi to buy up a load of Castrol GTX. £3.99 a litre!

Eh? Is this true? Nothing on the Aldi website today.

[DMN]

I've had one 6 or so years. Its well worn and the top is loose; but it still works.

[Rick101]

SilverSixer said:

Eh? Is this true? Nothing on the Aldi website today.

Was in on Tue. Castol 10-40 GTX 1L at £3.99. Photo on the Aldi thread. Picked up 2 bottles but there was about 20 there.
When home figured it could be cheap stock for a couple of oil changes so hopefully will get some more today.

Ordered the Pela 6000. Cheapest was on ebay and through TCB, plus purchase on the Costco cashback Amex card
Should work out about £36.

[Mr2Mike]

Rick101 said:

Have just text Mrs and told he to get to Aldi to buy up a load of Castrol GTX. £3.99 a litre!

That doesn't seem like a great deal for GTX to be honest, you can get 5 liters delivered for £16.50 which works out at £3.30/litre.

[lostkiwi]

I have a Sealey one which works incredibly well and is very well made.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sealey-Manual-Vacuum-Fluid...

As my car has 6L of oil I need a very large one....

[j4ckos mate]

Ive got one, useful not live changing

makes an oil change a lot more pleasant when your not removing under trays and jacking the car up.

On the saab 2.0t gets most of it out, bar about 0.5l

also used it on my fathers CLK320 when he overfilled it quite a bit.
useful especially if you have more than one car,

make sure the oil is nice and hot and make sure you have a few tissues about as well

[Rick101]

Up to five at the min but hopefully getting rid of a couple soon.
Will mainly use on the V70 shed but might do interim changes on the Elise post trackday as well. A pump will be a big help over the usual debacle of Lotus oil changes.

[Drive Blind]

Pela 6000 user here - had mine for 5 years now. Used on VW PD130 and CR140 engines. Done about 12 oil changes with it now. Not had any problems.

Got mine from a boat supplies place, they were the cheapest at the time.

[wemorgan]

SilverSixer said:

Eh? Is this true? Nothing on the Aldi website today.

You can buy 10L of oil for £35 inc P&P on Ebay at any time.

[anonymous-user]

Good move buying it on Amazon
You can send it back if it's no good (returned mine after 1st try...)

[Rick101]

Went for the 5L for £16.50 posted above in the end.
Very cheap compared to the others.

Yes you can buy in bulk cheaper but most only need a litre bottle spare at most.

[HustleRussell]

J4CKO said:

I tried one, no difference in size, waste of money.