GarageBOSS 8 Quart Oil Tear Away Clean Drain Pan

I have previously used the basic oil drain pans in the past, but thought this would be a solution where I wouldnt have to pour the oil from the pan to a container for recycling.Well, I removed the green plug from the shallow well, opened the yellow air vent tab, and slid the oil drain pan with the plastic disposable protector under my vehicle. As soon as I removed the oil drain bolt, the oil filled the shallow well within about 3 or 4 seconds, and then it just overflowed. I couldn't believe it. I drained about 4.5 quarts of oil from my vehicle, and only caught about 2 quarts in the storage container because it couldn't drain from the shallow well to the container itself fast enough. It ended up taking a few minutes for the oil that didn't overflow to actually transfer to the inside of the container from the shallow well. I think the drain hole needs to be larger so it can drain as fast as the oil hitting the container, but then the screw in plug wont fit it anymore.I am scared to use this product again, as it took me about 45 minutes to clean up 2.5 quarts of used motor oil from my garage floor. Good thing my tire was barely off the ground.

I'm disappointed in this. NO ONE can make an good oil container/drain. It's a bit pathetic. I had high hopes for this one. I already knew the clear trays were a gimmick, but I didn't care.The main issue is that the pan drain hole is too small. It almost overflowed today even with the vent hole open because the drain hole was drilled terribly. This can be fixed with a dremel or large drill bit, but I should not have to modify products.Also the main cap leaks. My car holds 6.5 quarts of oil. On it's side, this puts to oil level over the green cap and it leaks from the side. It's slow. Not a huge deal, but it should not leak.The clear tray is also useless. The oil will just flow underneath the tray and soak the outside of the container. Like I said, I knew this would happen, but fair warning, DO NOT buy extra trays. They're pointless. Luckily I didn't.EDIT: I believe I fixed the cap leak by trimming the top of the spout to have a flat, even surface for the cap to seal on. I also drilled out the pan hole so it won't overflow next time. Should be work OK now, but I should have to do this.

Everything looked good until I actually used it. I lifted my car opened the air vent removed the plastic tab from the inside, placed it under the car. The moment I opened the drain plug it filled up in 5 seconds and started to overflow. So I opened the main drain plug, it helped a bit, but it was still overflowing. After all the oil drained I had a big puddle of oil on the concrete that I had to clean up. My car holds 6.9 quarts of oil and a lot of it ended up on the driveway. I would not recomand to anyone unless you want to buy this as a gift for someone you hate.

The catch tray is to shallow for the flow of oil flow from the drain plug. The oil spatters and makes a mess. The container works well for holding the oil until your ready to empty it.

Terrible by design. When I started draining the engine oil from the bottom of my brz, this pan couldn't handle the rate of flow from the car and everything overflowed. Now I have one messy driveway, thanks GarageBOSS!

I had such high hopes given all the reviews. but that was a wasted $20. I was wanting an oil drain pan that had a lower profile so I could change the oil on our motorcycles. I was OK with the fact that the tear away didn't work, I was willing to work with that. So a couple of weeks ago my daughter and I changed the oil on her Suzuki SV650. When the oil came out the pan could barely contain the flow, but it did. We're talking just over 2 quarts of oil streaming out of a small hole. Like everyone else said the tear away was more of a hindrance than a help. Yes, the the plug was out and the breather was open. Today I changed the oil in my Kawasaki Concours and it could not handle the flow of oil. Good thing I put a large drip pan under this oil pan or I'd be cleaning up a huge mess on my garage floor. I guess I'll have to look else where for a oil drain pan that can handle the flow of oil coming out of our motorcycles.

Drain hole its too small... it get flooded so fast I end up with 3qt of oil on the floor!!! Maybe better for generator or bike oil chamges.

You have to buy the plastic things that sop up the oil .