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[VIDEO] Caterpillar Demonstrates Best Practice Using a Vacuum Pump for Oil Samples

Video shows the step-by-step best practices for drawing a used-oil sample with a vacuum pump through a diesel engine's dipstick tube

Apr 3, 2018
Taking an oil sample via a dipstick.
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