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Drainers and Accessories
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Standard 90 degree ‘right-angled’ Drain Hose |
The drain hose is the tool that is used to open the valve on all of the Femco drain plugs. They are available with either a straight connecter, or
a 90 degree ‘right-angled’ connecter, depending on the position of the drain plug and so what is more convenient. For the Standard and Compact Series, the drain hose screws onto the bottom of the drain plug once the protective dust cap has
been removed. As soon as you begin to screw the drain hose onto the drain plug, the valve inside the drain plug starts to open, so at first the oil drains out slowly, but the flow rate then increases as you finish screwing the drain hose on.
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Standard Straight Drain Hose |
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The drain hoses are series specific, and so if in the fleet there was a mixture of both Standard and Compact Femco drain plugs, both a
Standard and Compact drain hose would be required. Likewise, if there was a mix of large and small Standard or Compact drain plugs, both a large and small drain hose would be required. However, only
one drain hose would be needed to fit each different style of Femco drain plug.
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Compact 90 degree ‘right-angled’ Drain Hose |
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The drain hose for the Speed-Click range is slightly different to that used for the Standard and Compact Series. Instead of having to
slowly screw the drain hose onto the drain plug, just a gentle push is all that is required. The push on method therefore reduces the time needed to drain the oil, increasing the efficiency which is useful especially with a large fleet.
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Speed-Click 90 degree ‘right-angled’ Drain Hose |
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With the Standard, Speed-Click and XXL
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Drain plug with dustcap chain |
Series drain plugs, a dustcap chain can be attached. This fastens the dustcap to the body of the drain plug, so once the drain hose has been attached to drain the oil, there is no
risk of the dustcap being mislaid or damaged on the floor of the workshop.
If your engine has a sump guard, an acoustic panel or the drain plug is difficult to reach, a dustcap remover and extended drainer would
save precious time for instead of having to remove the whole panel, the fluid drain could be operated through a small access hole.
For the Standard Series of Femco drain plugs, a sample taker is available. This device will provide a narrow flow of fluid allowing a sample to be taken for testing
purposes. As the sampler is made of brass, it can be easily cleaned thoroughly to ensure no cross contamination of fluids takes place.
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Femco drain plug with Magnet |
With the whole Femco drain plug range, a magnet can be fitted to the valve. The magnet then picks up any loose metal particles from the
engine in the oil so they don’t damage the engine further but also the magnet stops the waste oil being contaminated. Once the oil has been drained using a drain hose, the plug can be easily removed
and the magnet can then be inspected without risk of a sump full of oil emptying over the engineer. |
