Harbor Freight Multi-Use Automotive Transfer Pump. Test & Review -Jonny DIY
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- Test & Review of the $5 Pittsburg Multi Use Siphon Transfer Pump. Great for Automotive Applications as well as DIY Maintenance Jobs.
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Good idea cleaning it afterwards. I didn't even think of that.
Thanks, happy to share 🙌👍
I looked at a few of these and I felt you gave to most and best information. Thanks!
You're welcome, glad to help 👍
Great video. Right to the point and very informative regarding cleaning and lubing the device after you use it.
Thank you, happy to help 👍
Great advice on how to maintain the pump
Thank you, glad I could help 👍
Nice!! I was looking at that pump I was wondering how good it was. Thanks for sharing my friend 👌🏻👏🏻from Denver Colorado
Thanks. Yeah I find myself using it all the time. And for $5 with a coupon, you can't go wrong 👍🏻
just bought one, thanks for the great suggestions
You're welcome, glad to help 👍
Thank you for the video. I just bought one of these from Amazon and this made it very easy to use. Also the cleaning was a good thing to know.
You're very welcome, happy I could help you out 🙌👍
Excellent Video. Straight forward DIY Instructions.
thank you 👍🏻
thankyou for the good video and i bought one today. normally i watch the youtube video before buying but, after seeing your video i will open the package now.
You're welcome, glad to help. Enjoy the pump 👍
Thanks! You're video better explains, than most...
You're welcome, glad I could help 👍
I used the product to extract oil from crankcase..worked well tho. Just didnt expect the pumping pressure was quite heavy for thicker fluid like oil. Cool tips on the cleaning and storing the siphon...👍
Nice, glad it worked well for you. I've never tried thick oil with it. Maybe harder if it wasn't vented to pump out
This is a great product, I changed my transmission fluid with it because there's no drain plug at the bottom of the pan to my van so I sucked out the transmission fluid from the dipstick got about 4 quarts of transmission fluid out =)
Awesome, havent tried that yet. Good idea 👍
@@JonnyDIY it is a great idea you should try it if you need to change your transmission fluid witch is every 50,000-100,000 miles for most vehicles or 5 years witch ever comes first
@@jl1695 currently all the vehicles I own have drain plugs but I could still siphon to avoid getting the tools out and possibly causing a leak
@@JonnyDIY yup u can plus you don't have to get under the car
Thank you for the great video.
I've watched several videos on this type of pump and only one I gave a thumbs up. A. Only one I've seen with a clear explanation of the in and out (I realize this is easy to figure out, but still nice he says which is which). B. Only one I've seen that talks about cleaning it (and how) after it has been used. C. Several videos do not show the use of the parts that hold the tube in place at the pump end. One video even showed the tube pop off while being used because he failed to put that on. Hilarious. Nice job.
Thank you, glad the information I shared was a help 👍
Great video. Much more informative than another I've seen. I did not know about spraying it to lube the seal. Maybe that is why my first one crapped out.
Thanks. Yeah definitely important to clean it out with the soapy water 1st too. Sometimes they do just go bad from solvents like gas or brake fluid though. I'll have to see if can take apart see if seals can be replaced
@@JonnyDIYspeaking of soapy water, I like using a mixture of Dawn and warm water. I’ve been using Dawn dishwashing liquid to clean my oil change stuff for many years. The Dawn liquid is really good at cleaning the oily stuff off the surfaces. Just a, hopefully, helpful DIY FYI. 😊
@@carlovanrijk4039 thank you for sharing! 🙌👍 Yes Dawn works great at degreasing
Thanks man. Great info and demonstration. 👌😎
You're welcome, glad I could help 👍
Nice I have the same pump and Highlander! Using it to change my rear differential fluid.
Nice good luck with the project 👍🏻
Ugh I'm using it to pump out radiator fluid from my Highlander to check for a combustion leak. Thanks for the vid I would be lost without it.
Did u have to use it upside down to pump fluid into the differential?
Thank you for the cleaning tip!
You're welcome, happy to help 🙌👍
Thanks again I have not used mine since last year (1st time) Anyway watched part for a quick review. P.S. When I put mine up last year I flushed it with a liter of soapy water then one liter clean water. It worked fine 2 years!
You're welcome, glad to help. Awesome, nice to hear its still working. I use mine all the time for so many various things 👍
Nicely done. Thanks.
You're welcome, happy to help 🙌👍
Awesome review- looking to get one of these to pump out the old gear oil in my bush hog gearbox, which doesn’t have a drain plug. Quick tip- I’d use spray silicone to lube that plunger seal, WD-40 is petroleum based like oil and can eat rubber seals over time, where silicone won’t. Thanks for an awesome video, time to go buy a pump at HF! 👍
Thanks and you're welcome, I'm glad I could help. Nice tip on the WD40, you're right I'll try the silicone spray next time. I've got some around here somewhere! 👍
Great content love the videos 👍
Thanks so much 😁👍🏻
Great explanation
I’ll use this for my coolant reservoir
Thank you, yes it works great. I just used it to do power steering again the other day 👍
I need to replace my radiator, heater core, & clean out my reservoir. The guy I bought it from failed to tell ? me about the heater core but in his defense I was being rushed to buy the car from the person who took me to buy the car. If I'd had the time to thoroughly inspect the car I'd walked away!!
used mine to check for leaks on exhaust and intake manifold just connected cigar to in hose and adapters using what I had around the shed, Found a leaking egr valve!
Thats awesome! Will have to remember that one. Cool trick. Glad you got the issue sorted 👍
Thanks! I couldn't understand the badly worded instructions that came with our unit (not HF) so this really helped
You're welcome! Happy I could help you out! 👍
@@JonnyDIY It took a long time to change the oil. We should have ran the engine longer to heat up oil. Next time :)
I use it to change all the fluids in my Jeep TJ. Better than paying some mech 300 bucks. Works great!
Thats awesome 👍
Nice overview of the unit. I expect to use it for lawn equipment oil changes only, don't really have concern oil will degrade the seals, though I will likely still flush it out with detergent.
Thanks, and nice yeah it'll work perfect for that. I've used for that a lot. Only time mine busted was cause I siphoned old gas out of mower and brake fluid without cleaning afterwards. Just ate up the seals
Great tips here to help improve lifespan/function. I prob wouldn’t have thought to take the simple step or cycling soaping h20 after use. 👍👍
Thank you, happy to help 👍
Great video! Thanks
You're welcome, glad to help! 👍
It works as reviewer recommended
Good, informative, precise review and tutorial, you've been redeemed and you're back into my will! Lol just kidding, good review and very thorough Jonny!
Thank you for the kind words, glad I could help 👍
@@JonnyDIY My older friend named buddy would not only teach you how to do something but also teach you how to maintenance it so it would last. You keep that up because America is going to have to learn once again how to make things last because im afraid hard times are coming.
Thanks sir. Great review.
You're welcome, glad I could help 👍
I tried using this to remove some oil from my Tahoe via the dip stick tube and it didn’t work. Nothing came up the tube. After watching this, one thing I did not do that could have made a difference is removing the oil fill cap. I thought that maybe the oil was just too thick to get up that thin tubing. Don’t know.🤷♂️
Yes remove the oil fill cap, it should work if you have the small hose hooked up to make it longer and it's not leaking air
I use mine to prime my john deere mower when we run it of fuel. Or to get a water suction sphion drain from pooled up water in the tarps.
Nice, yeah theyre great for so many things. Definitely worth the 5 bucks 👍
Best tip about this vid is the soapy water and wd40
Thanks! You live you learn 👍
Very helpful video. Will the 'Siphon' effect continue on it's own once started; or must you continue to manually pump it for the entire transfer?
Glad to help. Yes it will siphon as long as where you're removing the fluid from is higher than where you're draining it to 👍
@@JonnyDIY Wonderful news, thank you...
When it comes reviews, leave it to the pros. By gathering here today, that is just what we did. Now ill catch a wave 🎉
Happy to help. Surfs up 🏄♂️🌊🤙
Very entertaining. You should do stand-up comedy. I subscribed. It's time to empty the gas tank on my Yamaha R1 which has been in storage al fresco for months. I bought this pump some time ago and now it's time to put it to use. Thanks for the guidance.
You're welcome, glad to help. I've had good luck using Sta-bil fuel stabilizer for storing motorcycles. Haha thank you, I used to do comedy improv shows and have been writing stand up material the last couple years. I'm hoping to start performing soon, thank you for the encouragement
Perfect, thanks.
You're welcome, happy I could help you out 🙌👍
Thank you for this video，it's extremely helpful，because I didn't get any instructions(pictures and video such) from the store where I purchased. I do have another question，how to uninstall the in and out pipes？because the size doesn't fit my vehicle and I am trying to return，unfortunately，it's extremely hard to take the two pipes off，I'm so confused.
You're welcome, glad to help. To take apart you pull black pieces off tubing then pull out tubing
hi in is called suction out is called discharge great video
Thanks Tom! 👍
So for putting fluid into like the transfer case or differential, did you have to use it upside down?
Yup pump the new fluid from IN side and it'll come out the OUT side and into your diff or t. case 👍
Good job
Thank you 👍
I've used one of these for years on 4-cycle lawn equipment, and it's been great. I recently inherited some 2-cycles. Should I care about cross-contamination from the pump? I understand that I need to keep the fuel separate, but what if I use the same pump on the 4 cycle engines? I'm supposing a small residue of 2-cycle oil would just burn off in a 4-cycle engine. Do you use your cleaning technique every time you change fluids that you are pumping?
It shouldn't be a problem to use the same pump on either. I do clean it every time I siphon brake fluid and gas. I wasn't sure which ruined one of my pumps before, was probably the brake fluid if you've been using it for gas without issue 👍
Excellent. Hope it works to get the oil out of mt snowblower.
Yes should work great, have used it on lawn mowers a bunch 👍
@@JonnyDIY Good to know. Thanks.
if you're thinking of getting penzoil pump it does not come with a thin tube and included tubes are too big for dipstick openings
Thanks for sharing 👍
Thanks!
You're welcome, happy to help 👍
Can you use this for oil change instead of going underneath the vehicle to find the drain plug??
You can, will just need to attach the small hose to go down there and siphon it. Then you will need to use the dipstick and how much oil it takes to refill and youll be able to see how much you were able to siphon out. Hopefully all/most of it 👍 Draining from bottom is usually easier, but on certain vehicles siphoning is the way to go
Got myself one if these as sadly i overfilled my car with engine oil...just arrived with no instructions so thank you now i know how to use it and can drain the excess oil out through the dipstck...elaine.
You're welcome, glad I could help. Hope you get it to the correct level. Can always pull the drain plug on oil pan real quick and put back in. I had to do it on a vehicle just recently that had been overfilled as well
Unfortunately due to health issues i can't get under my car so chose via dipstick..am sure it will be fine..going to try it later..it's an easier and less messy option hehe..it's a mistake i never have and will not make again.
Guess what used the gadget and your video instructions today and was able to drain all the over filled oil to normal level with no problems at all..now i can drive my car thanks to you..couldn't have done it without watching your video..many thanks.
@@Elaine3663 Awesome, so glad you were able to get it done and that I helped a lil 👍
@@JonnyDIY You helped more than a little believe me..simply thank you.
the soapy water you used is it like just dish soap or like degreaser cleaning solution?
Just dish soap like dawn or laundry detergent should be fine 👍
Great video, I got a question, where is this product made in?
Most likely China, like most of Harbor Freights products
Am I the only one who just realized that the arm on the WD40 doesn't need to be extended in order to use it? Been using that kind forever and had no idea. Great review by the way.
Thanks, glad I could help. Yeah those "newer" style wd40 sprayers come in handy. I especially like the new metal bendy one 👍
Can you use this to siphon gas from a cars gas tank? Need to use car tank as a reservoir for my genny.
Yes this works to pump gas from a tank into a gas can. Just be sure to clean as the gas will eat up the pump seals 👍
@@JonnyDIY .
I just found one I had put away several Year's ago, never used. My tube will not go all the way down into the tank. Maybe 2' 4". Something is stopping it. Hose not getting gas on it. Full tank. 2000" jeep.
@@jat-justamaturetech-philpj8285 there may be some sort of baffle in the tank stopping your hose. Try with a longer and or smaller diameter hose to see if you havr any better luck
So I just got this and mines not pumping my steering fluid like yours...it has no resistance. Any tips?
If it won't pump water from a bucket it may be defective. I know when those interior seals get worn out it won't pump anymore. I'd exchange if cant get it working or see if can take apart and see if can get it going
I added a little too much oil on my oil change. Will this work and fit on the dip stick end? Thanks
yes it should it has a smaller hose attachment as well for smaller openings. Ive pulled a drain plug really quick and put back to take some oil out before as well. Have pan over a tarp or cardboard, blanket etc to keep mess minimal though. And gloves too if don't want oil all over. But one of these is always handy to have around
@@JonnyDIY thanks my guy for the quick comment. Will do! Great stuff and you earn a sub
@@ariesanfilippo1078 You're welcome, happy to help. And thanks for the sub! 🤙
Nice 👍
Thank you 😁
I have this pump. Only use it for pumping 75w 90 gear oil. Works like a dream for doing service work on Toyota transmission, transfer case and rear end..
Yes works great for that! And thank you for reminding me of the work I need to do on my Toyota lol 👍
Bro I bought one yesterday for my jeep vuz a stripped drain plug...literally sat in my driveway pumping for 5 hrs straight essentially
5 hours!? 😳 Holy cow. Hope you can get that drain plug off, heat with a torch helps usually
GREAT FOR DRAINING MOTORCYCLE TANKS!!!!!
Yes for sure! For storage or old gas 👍🏻
Jonny DIY I literally just left Autozone to purchase one 20 Minutes ago lol I’ll use it on my motorcycle tomorrow I need to Change the fuel filter but the tank is full
@@stopitskiiiuuup4006 ohh nice, should run better with a new filter. Good luck with the project tmrw! 👍🏻
Will this pump gas up from a 5gal can on the ground into the gas tank of an SUV? Goal for me is to not have to put the can above the gas cap level.
Also, after pumping soapy water through it to clear out residual gas, do you need to rinse with clear water and let dry before adding oil or wd-40?
Thanks!
It will pump it, but you will have to continually pump it as it won't have the siphoning effect without the gas above. Shouldnt take too long. They also sell a battery operated siphon pump that may be better if you have to regularly do this. I usually let it dry for a few after cleaning with soapy water before the wd-40 👍
Great video. I don't see the coupon to purchase at $5.
Sign up for email list with Harbor freight. They send out coupons weekly and its usually on sale every couple weeks, or just use a 20% off. www.harborfreight.com/savings_coupons.html
It's on sale right now without a coupon. I bought one yesterday for that amount
Is the tub long enough for the transmission tube?
Yes theres a smaller tube it comes with you put onto end of red hose and it goes down transmission dipstick tube 👍🏻
@@JonnyDIY Thank you
Can you use it for excess coolant?
Yes you can 👍 I've used it similarly to empty out the windshield washer reservoir s before
Have used this with transmission fluid or oil ?
Yes I've used with transmission fluid, oil, power steering fluid, brake fluid, even gasoline 👍
Did you even empty the reservoir..? Didnt look like it went down at all lol
Lol yeah sucked out whole thing. Reservoir probably just stained 🤙
I HAD THIS TOOL FOR ABOUT A YEAR, THEN I REALIZED THAT THE TINY BLACK HOSE FITS INTO THE RED HOSE (LETS YOU GO SMALLER DIPSTICK TRANSFER)... ALMOST BOUGHT A NEW DIFFERENT ONE
Yeah it's pretty cool how many jobs this lil pump can handle 👍🏻
You did not show us how to siphon the gas from the gas tank ?
Same as I used it in video push tube down into tank. May need to push 1 long tube down into gas tank 1st then connect siphon tube to that one, depending if a car and how long filler neck is 👍
I had success with this, but on a 1994 f150, I had to improvise...the red insert hose wasnt' strong or long enough to reach into the front gas tank, so I inserted a ten foot garden hose, which went all the way in, then, 6 inches out of the tank, I cut the hose, shortening it, the inserted the red hose into the garden hose and successfully pumped out almost 15.gallons of old fuel in almost.an hour....so remember, with a Ford, you're going to need a 10 foot hose to insert....good luck.
Awesome, glad you got it. Thanks for sharing 👍
Anyone try this for an oil change? Thank you
I've heard of people doing them, you probably wont get as much out. Still going to have to change filter though so may as well remove drain bolt
At 36º It didn't work. Out of the package the hoses were stiff and kinked and didn't soften up at that temp. Another vid here mentions this not working at cooler temps. We're shipping the car in a week or so, so the tank needs to be no more than a quarter full.
Try heating the whole thing up and oiling the pump rod. Oil should make seals plump and swell and work
@@JonnyDIY hey thanks, thought of heating the hoses up to get the kinks out and hanging them to straighten them up, but never thought of oiling the pump rod. Will do.
@@hatuxka Good luck, hope you can get it working. If not may need to try another siphon pump. I know they make a small electric one that works pretty well
I must’ve got a faulty one.. 😂 I’ll buy another one when I do my trans fluid.
Yeah they work great as long as they work. Luckily they're pretty cheap 👍
I think I messed up on my first try. I tried to suck out some extra coolant out of the reservoir and the first two pumps the pressure sucked in the tank and almost exploded. I'm worried about any pinch points that formed.
Remove radiator cap to let air into system 👍
@@JonnyDIY With the car running or off?
@@blount_man Car off. You can also drain coolant from bottom of radiator easily if need be 👍
@@JonnyDIY I thought about doing that but couldn't locate the plug. I'm hoping nothing is wrong with the tank or anything else after that incident
@@blount_man should be fine just keep eye on it and temperature gauge for a bit to confirm
I was thinking this would only cool one room, but it does well at cooling the entire floor.
You really need one hand to vacume up the gas with the input hose from the corners of the tank, then you need 2 more hands to hold and operate the pump. Not so good ☹️
True. It only works well as a siphon pump when youre pumping something higher than the the pump and transfer container
I know this was done some time ago and I the you for it, lets address the Elophant in the driveway, Blue Bayyay 💙 it never sale it.
Lol yeah that's actually my Dad's bay window VW. He loves that thing! Had it for 30 years now 😁👍
Mine stopped working after 2nd use
Did you pump gasoline through it or another solvent?
@@JonnyDIY no, i pumped out some water inside of old tires. I pulled it apart, and noticed a piece of leaf was causing the diaphragm seal yo not seal. It now works
@@david84ss Ohh ok. Ohh good that's awesome glad you were able to fix it 👍
Are you calling it a pump or a siphon? The video description uses the word siphon.
It's both really. Harbor Freight lists it as a "Multi-Use Transfer Pump" though 👍
@@JonnyDIY Not sure about the siphon part. I understood that a siphon uses negative pressure for flow rather than pumping. And I always thought a siphon operated continuously once primed. This apparently doesn't do either AFAICT. AAR awesome you for checking comments and shouting back!
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As much use as a chocolate fire guard
Ive used mine over the years on many things 👍
This tutorial seems as if this product does not operate efficiently !
Works better when pumping a larger amount of something to get more of a siphon action. But it does work fine for everything I've thrown at it over the years. No complaints 👍
It's junk! I bought it and it was a waste of money.
Mine is still working OK after a few years, but for $5 or so dollars I'm sure not best quality control