Oil Changes Made Easy
 

Ilmor & Mercury owners looking for a more efficient way to change your oil while also eliminating the mess & clean up now have a new option.

Check it out

http://www.offshoreonly.com/esvon/page-11874.html

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Cool option, is the pump always in the boat? I have a pre-luber system with a quick disconnect that doubles as an oil changer. Everything is always in the boat, just drop a 5 gal gas can in the bilge, disconnect the quick connect hose, push in gas can and flip a switch. 14qt change complete in less than 15 minutes.....takes a lot of time to open all those qt bottles :D

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Mr. V.

Here you loud & clear. Owned a Pantera w/ KE 675 & preluber that did exactly what you stated. Having a preluber previously there was no way I was going to just allow my oil to gravity drain or deal w/ the dipstick tube setup.

The Kwik-n-EZ is a little simpler than a preluber. Yes you could leave it hooked up but it's really just one connection like your preluber.

I agree opening 20 bottles of Mobil ! took far longer than sucking the oil out. @ 3gals/min pumping the oil takes no longer than it does to connect & disconnect the pump.

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I have drain hoses that go to the bottom of my oil pans, I would assume one could just hook this pump up to the drain hose?

Currently I use a pump that is designed for diesel engines and came as part of a kit that would be plumbed in permanently and mounted on a bulkhead. This kit appears to be much cheaper than what I spent a few years ago.

I rigged the pump on top of a 5 gallon bucket/lid. I attach one hose to the hose coming from the bottom of the oil pan and pump away. All the oil pumps directly into the 5 gallon pail. :cool:

http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs...allpartial/0/0

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What drives the pump?

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Mount the pump to a 5 gal gas can, less chance if spilling while you drive down the highway :eek:

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;) :rolleyes:

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Cordless or electric drill.

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Panther

Whether the pump will fit your application or not depends on the thread size & type on your drain hose. The Ilmor & Merc applications aren't interchangeable so I've supplied both in order to make the pump more versatile. Regardless it can be adapted but it may not work right out of the box. I will supply the proper fittings N/C to anyone that contacts me w/ their specific needs.

The pump pictured is very nice but almost 50% more $$ & the feedback I got from many performance boaters was they didn't want to have to hook up to a battery. For example in my Spectre 32 the batteries are in a seperate compartment & those leads will never reach which means modifications to something you just paid good money for. The other is an electric pumps speed can't be regulated so many have burned up impellers before the pump ever primes.

Obviously each of us has experienced something different or found something that works best for us. I'm just trying to offer others an option that I believe is very clean, neat & simple way to change ones oil on late model boats.

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Will this work with older merc engines ?

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I have seen those type of pumps at Walmart with male connections on each end. Just have to get the hoses and fittings to adapt.

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Finman- Somewhat true but those have impellers that are generally only rated for water & will disintergrate after one oil exposure.

Vagrant- If your engines have oil pan type drain hoses installed, OEM or aftermarket we can adapt to them, just let me know what your needs are.

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I've tried the ones @ Walmart and Home Depot and the impellers didn't last, they too, burned up! :rolleyes: The 12 VDC pump/bucket set-up I bought from West marine was more $$ ~149.00 after rebate is really working well for me. Plus, I just put the pump in reverse, (Switch in opposite direction) and I pump out into my 5 gallon oil waste bucket sitting on the dock, the one I use for the oil changes on the Powerstroke and the Jag.
Good luck, I personally haven't had any good luck with the drill driven impeller pumps. :(
Dean

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I tried it the inpeller detached from the bit & would just spin

did not work for me

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Replace the drill powered impeller with this pump from harbour freight http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...temnumber=9576 and then you have something. I bought mine on sale for $19.

I have only done two changes so far, but it works well. 12v power. Anything is better than the drill powered impellers IMO :drink:

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For the record this isn't a Walmart pump that one might use to empty their water heater or aquarium it's a Flo-Tec pump designed specifically for use w/ petroleum based products & it includes a 90 day warranty.

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Excellent idea putting this together so people have something easy to choose! :cool:

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Panther,

Appreciate the kudos. Obviously many of us have found a way to change our oil that works best for our individual application I'm just sharing mine w/ the hopes some others may benefit. I realize OSO is primarily performance boaters but for the few that aren't & want to save a few $$ servicing their own equipment I've provided an extremely simple relatively inexpensive option including detailed instructions and a warranty.

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Thanks Michael. The pump works flawlessly. It is a very nice setup and has all the components that I needed for the Ilmor oil change. Very nice package

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Listen, The last thing we need is an easier way to do oil changes!!!! :D :D :drink:

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Michael:

Looks like a cool product!

Sonny

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LMAO!!!!

:evilb: :drink: :evilb: