By Jamie Edwards (Jamie642) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

I feel really stupid posting this, but I am going to do it anyway. I changed the oil on my Bigfoot for the first time today. It was a three hour process. Two hours and fortyfive minutes of which were spend cleaning up all the oil from the bottom of the Argo. The manual suggests putting a plastic container under the drain......no way....nothing will fit in there. I tried the other suggestion....a plastic bag. That obvisouly did not work really well either. Anyone have any thoughts on making this easier.

By david berger (Davidrrrd) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

SOME PEOPLE HAVE GREAT LUCK INSTALING PIPES AND ELBOWES ECT..ECT.. CULMINATING WITH A SHUT OFF VALVE THAT TAKES THE USED OIL OUT TO SOME AREA THATS EASY TO GET AT , MAX AND ARGO ALIKE USE SAME ENGINES AND THIS WORKS FOR MOST WHO TRY IT,
ASK YOUR DEALER AND HE MAY ACTUALY CARRY THE NESESARY FITTINGS! GOOD LUCK!

By Douglas MacCullagh (Dougmac) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Jamie,

I went to a boating supply store and bought an oil change pump. Boats with inboard engines cannot afford the EPA and Coast Guard fines caused by engine oil in the bilge water, which is then pumped overboard. Anyway, the oil change pump suction tube goes down the dipstick pipe, and works best with the engine warm. The theory is you pump the oil down, change filter, and refill with fresh oil, all from above the engine. After I try it I'll let you know if it actually works!

By Attex Bob on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Some people use a dipstick pump. I don't like them myself because I want ALL the oil and garbage to come out, especially in an air cooled engine. I use the bag method myself, but I agree, it is not fun.

By Missouri's Max Dealer (Brandon_price) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Max uses a valve in place of the oil drain plug. You can connect a flexable tube to this valve and run it outside the ATV, through the drain plug.

By argo odyssey ( - 66.183.159.136) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

you could always drain in into the body then put an absorbant or cat litter in there then vacum it out with a shop vac thats how i cleaned my fuel leak

By Eddie Beddingfield on Unrecorded Date: Edit

I use a vacuum pump to get the majority of the oil out ,then I use a gallon jug that the bottom has been cut to about 1 inch tall.This will fit under the powerpack and under the drain plug to get the rest of the oil out.If you use a vacuum pump you should only have a few table spoons of oil left to drain. This works on all Argo's with the Briggs and Stratton engines. Eddie

By Damen T.Hill (Argoss) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

I use an fluid evacuation pump to do mine. right threw the dip sick tube. works great!!

By David Keeso (Argomag) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

by letting oil pour over the inside of the machine, and then soaking it up with cat litter sounds like a bad way of doing it. I don't think having loose oil anywhere in the inside is a good thing. I know their isn't much room between the tranny, engine and the plug on my kohler, but the best way is to either duct take a big ziplock bag around the opening where the plug is, so it can drain in, then you can seal it up when its drained, and dispose of it.

By mike abbey on Unrecorded Date: Edit

would it be possible to install a valve in the place where the plug is now and install a hose long enough to exit a drain hole in the body,i am planning this on mine now that i am comverting to 4strokes.the starcraft and the wedge both have engines in the rear close to the drains.i am sure you could come up with a saftey catch or lock to insure it wouldnt open prematurely.

By mike abbey on Unrecorded Date: Edit

hey for those worried abuot accidently lossing oil you could install valve then install plug on the end,whene its time to change oil valve in shut off position,remove plug,install hose with barb fitting and drain oil,remove hose and reinstall plug,this has been installed on aircompressers for yrs.

By fred sain on Unrecorded Date: Edit

We use the battery operated vacuum pump, it does a great job, it will get almost all of the oil out when the oil is warm. You can buy them at Carquest, and NAPA in our part of the world, for about $25.00 P.S. always change the filter.

By Rogersmith (Rogersmith) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Has anybody cross referenced the briggs factory oil filter? I found a Bosh 3330 at Autozone and have used them a couple years.