oil change question baja by fountain
10-16-2011, 10:23 AM
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I believe all 496s shipped with oil drain hoses. It's the ONLY way to change oil, ALL the oil.
You can order the oil drain hose kits from Mercury. Www.bammarine.com
You can order the oil drain hose kits from Mercury. Www.bammarine.com
If they connected the hose the only way to use it would be to drill another drain plug up from the keel.
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10-16-2011, 08:09 PM
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Used my 'new' pump this weekend. Sucked the oil out thru the oil pan drain plug hoses so fast it colapsed the valve covers. No sippy straw pump here. 
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10-16-2011, 08:34 PM
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my islander does have the stringers in it. There is barely enough room to see the bilge pumps under the engine let alone get a hand under there. I am going to have to pump it out through the dipstick. I ordered one of those pumps should be in soon. I called merury direct and the guy I talked to said they recommend synthetic now no matter how many hours are on the boat. Like the earlier post he said 20w-40 is in mercury brand is what they reccommend.
but he said off the record that any quality 20w-40 would work amsoil, mobil one, royal purple, ect. He said they reccomend there brand so that no one uses below grade oil.
but he said off the record that any quality 20w-40 would work amsoil, mobil one, royal purple, ect. He said they reccomend there brand so that no one uses below grade oil.
