Oil change
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I have the drain hoses but there's no way to get them out through the drain plug. I made an adapter that fits my oil extraction canister tubing and suck it out that way after they're warmed up.
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Use the kit 302Sport posted. It passes right through the drain plug opening and it has the bonus of a bilge plug you will never lose since it is on a tether/swivel. Be warned....while convenient the drain is apocalyptically slow to drain. Warm engines, start oil drain, leave, come back next day.
Last edited by techman; 05-28-2024 at 12:17 PM.
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Prev owner of my boat had installed what looks like 3/8" ID hyd hose from the oil pan's drain fitting to a 1/4 turn brass valve and from the valve out thru another hose and a thru-transom fitting located close to the plug. It was really slow to drain and I didn't like the thru-hull fittings going thru the transom so I removed them.
Now I suck out the oil from the same hyd hose and valve with a home-made vacuum system made up of an old 20-lb propane cyl and use an air-powered chemical-sprayer (venturi-pump) to create the vac. With engs warmed-up, I can remove the oil from the bottom of the pan in abt 60 secs and not spill a drop,.. The valve is normally secured in the closed position with stainless steel safety wire.
Now I suck out the oil from the same hyd hose and valve with a home-made vacuum system made up of an old 20-lb propane cyl and use an air-powered chemical-sprayer (venturi-pump) to create the vac. With engs warmed-up, I can remove the oil from the bottom of the pan in abt 60 secs and not spill a drop,.. The valve is normally secured in the closed position with stainless steel safety wire.
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I added the oil drain tubes to each of my big boats. My jet boats didn't have enough clearance to do so.
I preferred to not have my oil drain tubes down in the bilge where I could not keep an eye on them (having an issue, loose, split, crack, leak)...
...so I had them pinned up with a carabiner on the end of the cable up near the oil filter so I always had my eye on the plug, and it was higher than the oil pan for obvious reasons.
After a day on the water, when it was time to drain the oil, I would flush the motors pull the drain tubes through the bilge drain plugs with a coat hanger when I parked it in the barn...
...and dropped the two drain hoses in a 5 gallon diesel jug; and walked away. Any floaters were suspended, and the oil was warm enough that the majority drained in a few minutes and leave it for a few days so the pans literally went completely dry.
Then the night before going back out, button everything back up, change oil filters, add oil and head out.
I preferred to not have my oil drain tubes down in the bilge where I could not keep an eye on them (having an issue, loose, split, crack, leak)...
...so I had them pinned up with a carabiner on the end of the cable up near the oil filter so I always had my eye on the plug, and it was higher than the oil pan for obvious reasons.
After a day on the water, when it was time to drain the oil, I would flush the motors pull the drain tubes through the bilge drain plugs with a coat hanger when I parked it in the barn...
...and dropped the two drain hoses in a 5 gallon diesel jug; and walked away. Any floaters were suspended, and the oil was warm enough that the majority drained in a few minutes and leave it for a few days so the pans literally went completely dry.
Then the night before going back out, button everything back up, change oil filters, add oil and head out.
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