This is my review of the Fumoto oil drain valve for your car, truck. The drain valve replaces the current drain bolt on your car which makes oil changes easier as you do not need to remove the bolt and replace the crush washer.
You need to find the correct drain valve for your car/truck, so head over to the Fumoto.com website and input your make, model and year from the pull down menus
You will see all of the valves available for you car, some have an extended fitting so you can place a drain tube on it for a direct drain into a waste container. Some are angled at 90* so they are not as low to the ground.
Here is a shot of the one on my 2000 Toyota Tacoma.
I connected a 3/8" tube and ran it directly into a 1 gallon discard jug.
You just open the valve 1/4 turn and the oil starts draining. In my first attempt, the oil was draining quite slow, so I started the engine as it was around 11am in the morning and the oil was probably on the cold side which makes it a bit think.
I attempted to drain it again and it was draining a bit faster, but still slow??? I don't think I warmed the truck up enough, I just waited for the temp gauge to move up a little before shutting the engine off.
I had the oil fill cap off and took off the oil filter so there was no vacuum holding the oil in. So I removed the valve and looked through it as I thought it may have been clogged. Nope... The diameter of the valve is much smaller than the actual drain hole, so it does drain slower...
Here is my valve that I have, it fits all 4th generation tacoma's...
So I ended up draining the oil like I had a drain plug in which was disappointing..... I purchased this valve so I would not have to remove the drain plug. Replace the filter with an OEM one and filled up with 100% synthetic.
The fumoto valves are very affordable at $22-$30 on Amazon. You can read all of the stellar reviews over there as well.
The one thing that I will do differently next time is drive around the block to heat up the oil as that was most likely the issue I had. The viscosity of the oil is too think when it is cool and when it needs to exit out of a small hole, it is really slow. Lesson learned...
I can't give the Fumoto valve a grade yet as my experience may have been user error.