EZ Oil Drain Valve EZ-106

I installed a Fumoto on our CRV 3 years ago; easy install and no problem. Very satisfied!But, this EZ-106 M14-1.5 product is inferior compared to Fumoto! Do not buy it!Installed EZ-106 on my collectible '94 Acura; it dripped oil. Removed and reinstalled 2x with replacement washers; made no difference. Replaced the original bung - no drip. This EZ-106 is a failure to copy a superior Japanese product. I'll replace it with another Fumoto F106SX.

UPDATE: one year into ownership of this drain valve and I now see a leak between the oil pan and the o-ring seal of the valve. Note the valve is not actually leaking, just the body of the valve. Going to re-torque it to see if the leak goes away. Otherwise it’ll be remove and replace the o-ring. All in all it’s still a convenient product when it comes to oil changes. But watch your oil levels (and perhaps a puddle of oil on the ground) just in case.I purchased another brand of drain valve and it promptly broke on installation causing me to have to extract the broken pieces from the threadway of the oil pan. This one installed easily and works perfectly. Super handy in any vehicle with automatic oil level monitoring. Too much? Drain a bit out. Also great for oil analysis for your expensive Diesel engine. Super happy how easy it makes oil changes now. Hands stay oil free.

Works well so far after a year. No observable leak. Changed oil once and noticed it takes longer to drain. Worth the extra time since I save time and effort on removing the drain bolt. I am encouraged to change oil more often.Update Aug2022: Check your oil level regularly. My Accord lost half the emgine oil without oil spot on my garage. Found the plug slighly loose abd oil pan covered with oil film. Tightened the plug. I was careful not to break it so it was probably not in tight enough the first time.

I installed this on my 2.0L Turbo 2017 Hyundai Santa Fe. It was a little tight installing it with the splash guard still on the bottom of my car, and I didn't feel like removing it to install this. I did manage to get it really snug and have driven over 1000KM since installing it with no leaks. You have to do oil change pretty frequently on this car so I was looking around at something I could install that would be easy.Also, on this car, I'm supposed to install a crush washer every oil change. I was curious if I needed to with this, and couldn't find an answer anywhere. I emailed the company directly and they said with the Viton seal you DO NOT have to install a crush washer.

This will definitely make oil change easier. But the design can be better. The Japanese brand has a design that the lever can be moved and set at a desired position, then you tighten lock the thread. This one doesn't. It's set at wherever the screw thread ends. For my car, the lever stays at a position where it's quite hard to reach, even when I'm under the car. Good thing about this one is it has life-time warranty. Hopefully it lasts long as their engineers think it would and hope they'll honour their warranty when it breaks down.