Be aware that this thing is not sealed in the vertical position and liquids can drip down into the electronics when you have it positioned vertically like in the video. It has weep holes on the underside so that when it's used horizontally it won't reach the electronics. I found this out the hard way and had to take it apart and replace an internal fuse.
Use it to pump Oily water and fresh hydraulic oil for elevators. I had to take the cover off for the first time to reseat the o-ring and to inspect theimpeller. I had no idea that it was nitrile. I thought it was a hard plastic impeller. This thing can take a lot. Even morsels that might clog if. You should always have a replacement impeller for sure. This thing is a beast. They could use a slightly beefier O-Ring. Other than that, this thing is awesomd.
Im a hydraulic field mechanic, and this video convinced me to buy this unit since i have the milwaukee line of power tools and batteries. Thank you sir.
Fuel lines have anti-static properties , a necessary safety feature . A static wire is enclosed in the fuel line ! Positive displacement pump uses same size hose on the suction and discharge sides . The Australian man demonstrated transferring hydraulic oil with 3/4” ID hoses and it worked well.
I use my Milwaukee transfer pump for glycol and I’ve never had a problem. If I am close to a water source I’ll flush with water for a few seconds to purge out the hoses and pump itself. This pump kicks ass for a lil unit 👍
Another excellent video, thanks! One exception to pumps which only use a rubber impeller is Jabsco; they use nitrile impellers in their bilge pumps, since boats can end up with all kinds of stuff including oil or fuel down in the bilges. Reasonable prices and they have some models with brass or bronze pump bodies instead of a plastic. Jabsco has been around for years, another reliable company.
Thanks for the review, exactly what I needed to know. Gonna pick one of these up for pumping oil. Just did some service work on a pipeline job, and at -33C even with the equipment running at high idle, the engine oil was barely warm enough to drain. This pump would speed things up so much! Thanks again
I'm a field service generator tech for Cat. I bought my M18 pump 2 years ago. I've only used it for coolant. Never ran anything else in the pump. It can move 110 gallons of coolant pushing from the bottom up in maybe 30-45 minutes. I will have to time myself next time. I noticed my pump one day about a year ago was pumping weird, I found one of the impeller fins was missing. It pumped out 110 gallons but going back in with the new it got almost to the bottom of the first drum and wouldn't pump anymore. I replaced the impeller and bought a spare. It's been fine ever since. It's odd that mine broke on just coolant!
This is badass, thanks for this video. I work for a Cummins dealer and we don't have a lot of the luxuries that most shops should have like oil transfer pumps and the like. This will be very helpful in our shop as we fill 6-12 gallon engines by hand. HUGE waste of time for our customers. Glad to hear this tings serves your purposes well. God Bless bud.
Thanks for the video. We have been using ours on some gasoline and it DID swell up the impeller to where it wont even spin now. However replacing the impeller had not even crossed my mind until watching this video. I was about to order an entire new pump.
Thanks for doing this video. I've been on the fence over this little pump forever and this was just what I needed to climb on down to the right side! I'll still probably wait until I can get a deal on one, but get one I shall.
What or who is AVE? I searched it but got zero results somehow. I like the way this guy did his review but always do my research and always want to see contrasting sides.
I bought this (pump) with the intent of using as a diesel transfer pump. Hoping it would work. Put together the adapters, hoses, etc. But after spending the money for the pump and accessories I had my doubts. This video put them all to rest! Thank you
Thank you sir you helped me out I have a lot of experience with auxiliary water pumps they are cheap and easy to use! I want to do a rear mount turbo build on the P71 crown Vic and didn’t want to spend a lot on a turbo works pump, it’s quite but not cheap. On the other hand the cheaper version of that pump is noisy and about $100. I could pay that but I know auxiliary pump are cheaper and you help me see I can just do it even though I was probably gonna attempt it anyways 💯thank you man
I've pumped literally thousands of gallons of oil water a variety of contaminated fuels and more and have not had any issues with the impeller. Same here. I just cap off the lines and left whatever was pumped last inside.
Great review with lots of details to questions the most of us would have asked!!! Especially pumping heavy gear oil, diesel and gasoline!!! Thanks for sharing!!
I own car washes and pump some pretty harsh chemicals through mine. High pH, low pH, ammonium biflouride, etc. I do run a 5 gallon bucket of water through it after, but it’s held up great.
Great news, thanks for the update. I was one of those warning about possible issues. Yes, nitrile and Viton are the rubbers of choice for petroleum. I didn't know what these were made of. Did the Grainger site ID the rubber? There's no test like a long term field test. I know your eyes will roll on this part, but what about the shaft seal? The reason I'm so wary is that I build spray systems. We started off with off the shelf pumps and found that some wouldn't last a week before impeller or shaft seal failure pumping pesticides cut with both water and mineral oil. We started ordering pumps with Viton seals and stainless impellers(for our centrifugal and rotary vane pumps) and haven't had to replace one for a seal or impeller failure since. I still won't be using one of these for gasoline because of the brushed motor and confined motor housing that could trap vapors. With oils and diesel it's not such a big deal. With gasoline it's, "Are you willing to bet your life on it." But that's just me. Thanks again. Great update!
I hauled fuel for a living and every pump and hose is wire wound and grounded for a reason. One of our drivers was flash burned when his phone hit the concrete and sparked. Under the right conditions it can be deadly.
@@abibodlogistics Look for systems and components specifically designed for gasoline and diesel transfer that are rated accordingly. There are issues with fuel transfer that the average person wouldn't consider, like static electricity. Petroleum products can produce a lot of static electricity when moved against certain materials. They must be properly grounded and designed to dissipate electrical charges and be made of non sparking materials.
If you're warrantee is done, you should put a plug on it and have a drop cable that connects to it with a momentary switch like a winch. You can lay under a vehicle and pump it and shut it off as soon as you are full vs having the pump near you to hit the switch on and off. Should be able just to tap into the existing wires without bypassing the factory switch. Have the drop cable on a plug to disconnect if you don't need it for a certain job.
Just what I wanted to see struggled today trying to pump 100L of cold gear oil into a piling rig today gave up with my drill pump had to result to a very slow poor into a small funnel taking nearly 3 hours. 😩 good to see the flow isn’t to much as well as filling reducers and track motors if I pump to fast it will blow out the hole.
I have a pump like this and I run a truck repair service. Motor Oil and Diesel I have no issue with. I know the pump wheel is nitrile coated which is great, not sure what kind of seal is on the pump shaft to the motor. I has lasted a year with no issue. I would worry about solvents or alot of gas. There again it has worked thus far.
Man i wanted this pump but i didnt knownif it would handle 80-90 i do contracting for military vehicles and hand pumping 80-90 is just painful after a couple trucks. You sold me this pumo milwuakee should thank you for gaining them a costumer.
Any knuckle dragging Mechanic that knows words like "cavitation" and "nitrile" and understands the real world applications is no dummy. Great video for others to have confidence in 'alternate' applications not specifically approved by Milwaukee.
Mechanics always find a way to get the job done. It may not be the "right" way or the way someone else would have done it but we always gets the job done. Milwaukee probably knows that or at least is trying to make the best quality tools they can within budget.
Great video. I've been thinking who makes a pump we can transfer oil and diesel with. I over looked this pump as it isn't advertised as such. Buying one now
If you would have heated the gear oil a little, would it flow easier and faster with less cavitation. Another observation , if the pump were laying down as compared to standing, wouldn’t this also help with the ease of transfer???
Milwaukee isn’t stupid. They put on the label “water only” so if you do pump oil or some nasty stuff and it goes bad then they don’t have to warranty it because you didn’t go by the book.
There’s a whole list of warnings in the manual because people will do what people do and especially to cover their ass in case of major lawsuits because the pump doesn’t have an “Intrinsically Safe” rating, which would require the switching,electronics, battery and motor to be sealed off and separated from the surrounding, possibly explosive atmosphere. (The build and certification to achieve that rating would raise the price considerably.) From the Milwaukee pump manual: “Do not pump flammable or explosive fluids such as gasoline, fuel oil, kerosene, etc. Do not use in a flammable and/or explosive atmosphere. Personal injury and/or death could result.”
I'm going to buy this pump now after watching your review of it,thank you. My question is,I have a 95' Chevy Kodiak that I need to replace the fuel tank on. And the replacement tank is a used one,what would you do to clean out the tank to have as few contanimates as possible?
I pumped over 100 gallons of 220 gear oil no problem but uses batteries fairly quick. I even reduced the output down to 1/4" to fill small gear boxes. also pumped over 100 gallons of 460 gear oil! but!!! it would only pump for 30 seconds to 20 minutes then turn off. Just turn off then back on.
I used to pump 460 years back. They had a pneumatic 'pogo stick' piston pump that worked pretty good. That seemed to be the only thing that would survive for very long.
Im looking at doing mobile oil changes with this pump instead of buying an air powered lube skid to mount in my service van. Could i run this pump at the end of a 50’ reel for recovery? Im thinking if i had two separate pumps for recovery and new oil, i could install an in line flow meter to measure how much oil i pump out. And for recovery just drain into a pan and suck up into the recovery tank. Only thing im on the fence about is if i have oil tanks on a pallet in the truck i would need a long hose to reach the truck im working on. I guess i just need to buy one and test how long a hose i can pump 15w40 and still maintain a decent GPM.
My wife an are using a transfer pump for slip to make molds. Its just watered down clay. I was wondering do you prime it with water or use the slip to prime it?
That is the same as diesel. Typically it's red dye diesel which is just free from road taxes, hence the dye so troopers can tell if someone is breaking the law using "off-road" diesel in trucks that travels on the roads.
Hahah warm soapy water 💦😅😂 do you recommend I’ll handle rear truck gearbox oil tranfer and regular car transmission oil tranfer I had a 12v but motor seem to over heat and burn cost like 20ish . ?
You weren't half way through the video and I already had one in my Amazon cart! Thanks for the tips on the washing machine hoses as well!
You're like me- just looking for an excuse to buy a new Milwaukee tool.
I literally have to do no trial and error. Watched both of your vids on this tool and I'm ready to go to home Depot.
Be aware that this thing is not sealed in the vertical position and liquids can drip down into the electronics when you have it positioned vertically like in the video. It has weep holes on the underside so that when it's used horizontally it won't reach the electronics. I found this out the hard way and had to take it apart and replace an internal fuse.
Use it to pump Oily water and fresh hydraulic oil for elevators. I had to take the cover off for the first time to reseat the o-ring and to inspect theimpeller.
I had no idea that it was nitrile. I thought it was a hard plastic impeller. This thing can take a lot. Even morsels that might clog if. You should always have a replacement impeller for sure. This thing is a beast.
They could use a slightly beefier O-Ring. Other than that, this thing is awesomd.
Im a hydraulic field mechanic, and this video convinced me to buy this unit since i have the milwaukee line of power tools and batteries. Thank you sir.
Fuel lines have anti-static properties , a necessary safety feature . A static wire is enclosed in the fuel line !
Positive displacement pump uses same size hose on the suction and discharge sides . The Australian man demonstrated transferring hydraulic oil with 3/4” ID hoses and it worked well.
I use my Milwaukee transfer pump for glycol and I’ve never had a problem. If I am close to a water source I’ll flush with water for a few seconds to purge out the hoses and pump itself. This pump kicks ass for a lil unit 👍
Another excellent video, thanks! One exception to pumps which only use a rubber impeller is Jabsco; they use nitrile impellers in their bilge pumps, since boats can end up with all kinds of stuff including oil or fuel down in the bilges. Reasonable prices and they have some models with brass or bronze pump bodies instead of a plastic. Jabsco has been around for years, another reliable company.
Thanks for the over view. I had no idea Milwaukee made a pump. That would be very handy around my shop. Thanks again!
Thanks for the review, exactly what I needed to know. Gonna pick one of these up for pumping oil. Just did some service work on a pipeline job, and at -33C even with the equipment running at high idle, the engine oil was barely warm enough to drain. This pump would speed things up so much! Thanks again
I'm a field service generator tech for Cat. I bought my M18 pump 2 years ago. I've only used it for coolant. Never ran anything else in the pump. It can move 110 gallons of coolant pushing from the bottom up in maybe 30-45 minutes. I will have to time myself next time. I noticed my pump one day about a year ago was pumping weird, I found one of the impeller fins was missing. It pumped out 110 gallons but going back in with the new it got almost to the bottom of the first drum and wouldn't pump anymore. I replaced the impeller and bought a spare. It's been fine ever since. It's odd that mine broke on just coolant!
This is badass, thanks for this video. I work for a Cummins dealer and we don't have a lot of the luxuries that most shops should have like oil transfer pumps and the like. This will be very helpful in our shop as we fill 6-12 gallon engines by hand. HUGE waste of time for our customers. Glad to hear this tings serves your purposes well. God Bless bud.
I might add a red headed step child into my makita family. Thanks for the videos. Great info.
Thanks for the video. We have been using ours on some gasoline and it DID swell up the impeller to where it wont even spin now. However replacing the impeller had not even crossed my mind until watching this video. I was about to order an entire new pump.
Jesus, that would be like replacing your car every time it needed tires.
Thanks for doing this video. I've been on the fence over this little pump forever and this was just what I needed to climb on down to the right side! I'll still probably wait until I can get a deal on one, but get one I shall.
I watched the AVE video as well.. Unfortunately, I had already bought mine. Definitely not encouraging.. Not worth the price for the standalone pump..
What or who is AVE? I searched it but got zero results somehow. I like the way this guy did his review but always do my research and always want to see contrasting sides.
Man you answered every question I had,,, I was on the fence about buying it but now I’m sold. Thanks
I bought this (pump) with the intent of using as a diesel transfer pump. Hoping it would work. Put together the adapters, hoses, etc. But after spending the money for the pump and accessories I had my doubts.
This video put them all to rest! Thank you
Great job on your video, you answer everyone that has a question for this pump .
Thank you sir you helped me out I have a lot of experience with auxiliary water pumps they are cheap and easy to use! I want to do a rear mount turbo build on the P71 crown Vic and didn’t want to spend a lot on a turbo works pump, it’s quite but not cheap. On the other hand the cheaper version of that pump is noisy and about $100. I could pay that but I know auxiliary pump are cheaper and you help me see I can just do it even though I was probably gonna attempt it anyways 💯thank you man
I've pumped literally thousands of gallons of oil water a variety of contaminated fuels and more and have not had any issues with the impeller. Same here. I just cap off the lines and left whatever was pumped last inside.
Thank you for the well detailed video. Here in Montral, i just ordered one at Home depot for 248$ ( tool only ).
Just had mine last Friday. We'll be getting hoses etc for it this week👍🏼 Good video!
That impeller sight glass is genius!
Great review with lots of details to questions the most of us would have asked!!! Especially pumping heavy gear oil, diesel and gasoline!!! Thanks for sharing!!
I own car washes and pump some pretty harsh chemicals through mine. High pH, low pH, ammonium biflouride, etc. I do run a 5 gallon bucket of water through it after, but it’s held up great.
Great review this is what TH-cam should be like.
Great news, thanks for the update. I was one of those warning about possible issues. Yes, nitrile and Viton are the rubbers of choice for petroleum. I didn't know what these were made of. Did the Grainger site ID the rubber? There's no test like a long term field test. I know your eyes will roll on this part, but what about the shaft seal? The reason I'm so wary is that I build spray systems. We started off with off the shelf pumps and found that some wouldn't last a week before impeller or shaft seal failure pumping pesticides cut with both water and mineral oil. We started ordering pumps with Viton seals and stainless impellers(for our centrifugal and rotary vane pumps) and haven't had to replace one for a seal or impeller failure since.
I still won't be using one of these for gasoline because of the brushed motor and confined motor housing that could trap vapors. With oils and diesel it's not such a big deal. With gasoline it's, "Are you willing to bet your life on it." But that's just me.
Thanks again. Great update!
Excellent point, I'll check into the shaft seal. Good point about brushed motor and gasoline as well. Thanks for the feedback.
I really love it when experts give their sincere opinion on issues, I do a lot of diesel and gasoline transfer so what is my best option.
I hauled fuel for a living and every pump and hose is wire wound and grounded for a reason.
One of our drivers was flash burned when his phone hit the concrete and sparked. Under the right conditions it can be deadly.
@@abibodlogistics Look for systems and components specifically designed for gasoline and diesel transfer that are rated accordingly. There are issues with fuel transfer that the average person wouldn't consider, like static electricity. Petroleum products can produce a lot of static electricity when moved against certain materials. They must be properly grounded and designed to dissipate electrical charges and be made of non sparking materials.
@@mikemorgan5015 Thanks.
If you're warrantee is done, you should put a plug on it and have a drop cable that connects to it with a momentary switch like a winch. You can lay under a vehicle and pump it and shut it off as soon as you are full vs having the pump near you to hit the switch on and off. Should be able just to tap into the existing wires without bypassing the factory switch. Have the drop cable on a plug to disconnect if you don't need it for a certain job.
Thanks for the video. I just bought one.
look into a battery operated pump called Macnaught, a little pricey but man its nice to have them around , especially mobile
Gotta try this out on transmission oil!
Just what I wanted to see struggled today trying to pump 100L of cold gear oil into a piling rig today gave up with my drill pump had to result to a very slow poor into a small funnel taking nearly 3 hours. 😩 good to see the flow isn’t to much as well as filling reducers and track motors if I pump to fast it will blow out the hole.
I have a pump like this and I run a truck repair service. Motor Oil and Diesel I have no issue with. I know the pump wheel is nitrile coated which is great, not sure what kind of seal is on the pump shaft to the motor. I has lasted a year with no issue. I would worry about solvents or alot of gas. There again it has worked thus far.
I was planning to buy this pump for working on boats, doing oil changes and draining contaminated fuel! 🤣
Sold me, mines on order! Thanks
Man i wanted this pump but i didnt knownif it would handle 80-90 i do contracting for military vehicles and hand pumping 80-90 is just painful after a couple trucks. You sold me this pumo milwuakee should thank you for gaining them a costumer.
Any knuckle dragging Mechanic that knows words like "cavitation" and "nitrile" and understands the real world applications is no dummy. Great video for others to have confidence in 'alternate' applications not specifically approved by Milwaukee.
Mechanics always find a way to get the job done. It may not be the "right" way or the way someone else would have done it but we always gets the job done. Milwaukee probably knows that or at least is trying to make the best quality tools they can within budget.
You got that right!
Great video. I've been thinking who makes a pump we can transfer oil and diesel with. I over looked this pump as it isn't advertised as such. Buying one now
How about def fluid pumping through the pump.I’m new on here.Sorry if you have already answered this question.I’m really enjoy your videos
Def is very corrosive.
Great videos!! Your channel is super under rated!
Great video! Thank you for the information gonna go ahead and order!
Enjoyed your video. Very informative & with a layed back no bull shit. 👍
Best video ever. Thanks for the demonstration.
How is it at pumping used oil? Do contaminates chew up the impeller or housing?
Thanks for the video, is very helpful
Pretty sure they say it can’t do it for liability reasons of pumping flammable and possibly explosive fluids. Thought that was fairly obvious.
How long of hoses can you use? For Diesel fuel?
Thank you so much for making this video!!!
If you would have heated the gear oil a little, would it flow easier and faster with less cavitation. Another observation , if the pump were laying down as compared to standing, wouldn’t this also help with the ease of transfer???
Thanks for the Review, I watched the first one and had the same question will it pump gear oil? Well done.
Thank you for sharing this information
What connects are you using for the 1/2” hose you were using? I bought everything on the links you provided in the description. Thanks
Why switch hoses all the time, just stick with the 1/2" and be done.
sometimes the hole diameter your transferring from may be smaller so you might need different diameter hose for different applications
Very well put together review 💯
Milwaukee isn’t stupid. They put on the label “water only” so if you do pump oil or some nasty stuff and it goes bad then they don’t have to warranty it because you didn’t go by the book.
There’s a whole list of warnings in the manual because people will do what people do and especially to cover their ass in case of major lawsuits because the pump doesn’t have an “Intrinsically Safe” rating, which would require the switching,electronics, battery and motor to be sealed off and separated from the surrounding, possibly explosive atmosphere. (The build and certification to achieve that rating would raise the price considerably.)
From the Milwaukee pump manual:
“Do not pump flammable or explosive fluids such as gasoline, fuel oil, kerosene, etc. Do not use in a flammable and/or explosive atmosphere. Personal injury and/or death could result.”
THANK YOU BROTHER!!!!!
Hey mate just seeing if it can suck out engine oil out of the dipstick tube? Thanks for the video.
Like the quality of Milwaukee tools. Had a el cheapo Chinese tool from Harbor Freight that failed.
Milwaukee tools are made in china. ;)
@@foam27 to American specs
I'm going to buy this pump now after watching your review of it,thank you.
My question is,I have a 95' Chevy Kodiak that I need to replace the fuel tank on. And the replacement tank is a used one,what would you do to clean out the tank to have as few contanimates as possible?
Exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!!!
Will pumping oil , gas / diesel Void the warranty
Considerations to use 1/2" hose for everything?
Hey Was looking for transfer pump for fuels and oil and glad I came across your video tutorial. Subscribed also. Excellent video
Hey I think they should have had some type of priming like a snap cap so you don’t overheat the impeller.
Thank you brother!
You can also buy an improved polyurethane impeller, thanks for the review.
Are impeller sizes standard or manufacture specific?
Great review! Thank you!
Can it also pump transmission fluid?
Also, what size are the female connectors for the hose adapters.
Have you tested this on a vehicle? Connected a hose small enough to fit a dip stick?
I'm supper interested in this idea! I'm a dewalt guy, need to do some looking!
What is that little impeller used that comes in the box
Can I ask where you got your brass barb fittings that screw on to the pump for the 1/2 I.D. ? Thanks
Are battery included ? And or charger ??? How much total? Look like a neat tool to have
A great information video. My concern was did it work with gear oil, And you answer my question. Great job Keep it up .
You think tgey wrote it because brushed motor can generate spark and cause a flash fire?
have you pumped sea water?
What happens when you derestrict the outlet side tubing to a larger inside diameter?
What size hose should be used for oil change on euro cars
I pumped over 100 gallons of 220 gear oil no problem but uses batteries fairly quick. I even reduced the output down to 1/4" to fill small gear boxes. also pumped over 100 gallons of 460 gear oil! but!!! it would only pump for 30 seconds to 20 minutes then turn off. Just turn off then back on.
I used to pump 460 years back. They had a pneumatic 'pogo stick' piston pump that worked pretty good. That seemed to be the only thing that would survive for very long.
Im looking at doing mobile oil changes with this pump instead of buying an air powered lube skid to mount in my service van. Could i run this pump at the end of a 50’ reel for recovery? Im thinking if i had two separate pumps for recovery and new oil, i could install an in line flow meter to measure how much oil i pump out. And for recovery just drain into a pan and suck up into the recovery tank. Only thing im on the fence about is if i have oil tanks on a pallet in the truck i would need a long hose to reach the truck im working on. I guess i just need to buy one and test how long a hose i can pump 15w40 and still maintain a decent GPM.
How has the Milw pump been holding up after year of use?
Can you use it for Gasoline ? I need to pump out a car fuel tank
Can it handle gear oil?
Thanks for the great video 👍🏽
Thanks for watching!
Hydraulic fluid? Having slightly aerated motor oil is one thing, what about using it for hydraulic fluid on my tractor?
Yes, it will work for hydraulic fluid.
Is that M18
😅 I bought a harbor freight wet dry vacuum to pump out a gas tank it still works and I didn't catch on fire
Just picked one up hope it lives up to the hype cuz I'm sure tired of suck starting diesel and hydro oil drain hoses lol
Mine is still going on the original impeller. Keep it clean and it will last a long time.
I was thinking of using on a tractor trailer to suck oil for oil change but for what i see i dont think that it will work..
Anyone know how this pump does with coolant
Will gasoline damage it with time
What about GL-4, GL5 or SAE J306? Thanks in advance, congratulations great channel.
My wife an are using a transfer pump for slip to make molds. Its just watered down clay. I was wondering do you prime it with water or use the slip to prime it?
Interesting…. I’ve considered the m12 stick…. To do dirtier water….. but this seems like it may do it. I read this is supposed to do cleaner water…
I see welpers on that table 👀
Wonder if this would work on #2 heating oil
Should be fine since that is essentially diesel fuel
That is the same as diesel. Typically it's red dye diesel which is just free from road taxes, hence the dye so troopers can tell if someone is breaking the law using "off-road" diesel in trucks that travels on the roads.
Cool video man, thank you
Would this pump E85 gas
Great review, quick question I bought because of your review. Were would I get a clear hose like the one you had and what would it be called
I got it in the plumbing section at Home Depot. Thanks for the comment 👍
Hahah warm soapy water 💦😅😂 do you recommend I’ll handle rear truck gearbox oil tranfer and regular car transmission oil tranfer I had a 12v but motor seem to over heat and burn cost like 20ish . ?