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      01-08-2011, 11:32 AM   #6
JimD
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This is a link to the oil drain valve I put on my Suzuki (not the identical one, I went to the BMW version for you guys):

http://www.quickoildrainvalve.com/Pr...uctCode=F109NA

With a foot or less of clear tubing from the home center secured by a hose clamp, you can have your oil coming straight down into the pan. And you open the valve with a finger on the lever (1/4 rotation to full open). It's a little scary how easy it is to open the valve but the lever sits in a detent position and has to be lifted away from the body of the valve to be opened.

There is a caution about bimmers, sometimes the drain plug is inset into the pan and you can't spin a valve like this on. It looks like it would work on the n55 but it might not. You can also get an adapter to space the valve further from the oil pan - sometimes that will let it work.

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