Originally Posted By: mrdctaylor
Originally Posted By: Cedarshark
There's a thread on another BTOG forum where a guy is claiming a rock came up from the road, broke the plastic lock,opened the valve and dumped all the oil out of his Lexus...I'm suspicious.
Yeah, I'm not buying that. I'm not even familiar with a plastic lock for Fumoto valves. I've never used one. Neither of mine came with one. If you've used a Fumoto you can feel the quality and will understand that accidentally dropping all of your oil is virtually impossible.
I have to agree, that post is awfully suspicious for a 1st time poster. I never put the lock on my Jeep valve, no issue, no concern. It would take an odd series of events to make it leak. More likely would be for it to get hit by a big rock and break off, but I don't really go offroad. And if I hit something that big it probably would pierce my oil pan anyway.
Even if I did lose all my oil, that's why I have an oil pressure gauge. The engine can survive a few seconds of no pressure.