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jon4pres 
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 Topic: Oil change messPosted: May-13-2008 at 5:17pm |
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Does anyone have an idea of a good way to avoid the mess from changing the oil. I currently pull the plug and then run it into a funnel attached to a piece of tube that is run through the boats plug hole.
I was wondering if anyone had a better way. |
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ripster92
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Posted: May-13-2008 at 5:41pm |
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1992 SN Black w/ Yellow
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Posted: May-13-2008 at 5:43pm |
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I forgot... It fits directly through your drain plug, but drains extremely slow when the oil is thick.
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TRBenj
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Posted: May-13-2008 at 5:43pm |
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That sounds like a pretty good method- but you may want to consider adding a quick drain hose next time. SkiDIM sells one for $26, and I bet you could build one for less.
SkiDIM oil drain kit Edit: Damn, I type too slow. |
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ripster92
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Posted: May-13-2008 at 5:51pm |
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Actually, I like Tim's idea better...
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jon4pres
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Posted: May-13-2008 at 6:06pm |
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Easy enough.
Thanks. |
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Posted: May-13-2008 at 7:39pm |
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Agree with the others for a permanent solution.
Another option you may want to look into is a suction pump. Vacuum pump works very well and is clean too. Just feed the small suction hose down the dipstick tube. Easy oil changer |
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eric lavine
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Posted: May-13-2008 at 8:10pm |
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I have 2 hand crank plastic pumps, they go right down the dipstick tube to the bottem and work well, i have 2 so i can multitask...one for the engine one for the trans kidding aside, it will hold 2 or so gallons and over the years found it to be the best and easiest method for ME...of course adding a drain line is good method but then you have to worry about draining the trans
you put the tube down the dipstick tube pump it 5 or 6 times and walk away, come back in 10 minutes and they are drained |
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Posted: May-13-2008 at 9:59pm |
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I've always used the suction pumps. The PO put a hose on the Tique and at the end of last summer I still used the suction pump. It was on the boat lift and I didn't want to get wet trying to float a waste container on a rubber raft. Eric's point of sucking a trans is valid too unless you use his method of disconnecting the oil line to the cooler.
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eric lavine
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Posted: May-13-2008 at 11:55pm |
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I have an attachment also with pipe plug and will hook up to the drain line too, the pulling the cooler line is kind of a pita but works when you dont have the means to suck it out. but i thought about it for a while and i find myself always grabbing the suction pump and draining that way. as soon as the engine is done i stick the tube down the dipstick on the trans and pump it a few times and go on to the next thing while it is draining, im surprised you dont have a pic Pete, the one im talking about stands upright, no electric pumps, just a handle that you pump a few times to create the vacuum and thats it, real clean and easy and its a one time investment. I use it for everything including sucking up gas when you take a carb apart and i always find something new to do with it. a matter a fact one of the guy's used it today to suck out the oil around a spark plug before he pulled it
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Posted: May-13-2008 at 11:57pm |
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I've always drained through the homemade hose through the drain plug.
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Posted: May-14-2008 at 1:17am |
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Tim I am sure you have that non marine fuel pump there to avoid painting your new Coast Guard Approved Fuel Pump.
Tell me I am correct, and you will not be using the unit that is installed now..................Boat dr |
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Posted: May-14-2008 at 5:41am |
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i like the jabsco pump with 5 gallon pail
we also use the mighty-vac pumps |
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eric lavine
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Posted: May-14-2008 at 10:16am |
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JIT, i think it is a mighty vac, im lazy when it comes to looking for 12 volts, thats why i like the hand pump
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Posted: May-14-2008 at 1:38pm |
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I have had quite a few different style pumps and the best one to date has been this one I have now. Will do trans and engine oil.
Suck Up Have the factory oil drain kit also, very slow unless the oil is hot/warm. |
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Posted: May-14-2008 at 2:57pm |
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Quinner just likes to pump it and suck it.
I stick my hose in the hole and then drain it. |
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Posted: May-14-2008 at 7:19pm |
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Tim D
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Posted: May-14-2008 at 7:46pm |
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Boatdr, yes, that is the same fuel pump that you harped on the last time I posted that pic. If it makes you feel any better, it exploded yesterday. I still have the original '66 fuel pump with a glass sediment bowl on the bottom, it's not marine either.
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Posted: May-14-2008 at 10:58pm |
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Tim, post on the site the date and times for visition, and do we send flowers or a donation to the Dumb Ass Club.....
If you took offense for this I apologize, just hate to see that boat burn,as for you well..................Boat dr |
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Posted: May-14-2008 at 11:31pm |
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Quinner, thats the style i have and it works great.
I always tell the guys to grab the Johnny holmes super sucker, thats what i call them. |
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Posted: May-15-2008 at 12:37am |
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Billy, what's with all the ...............?
are you ejaculating? |
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Posted: May-15-2008 at 1:55am |
that is why i mounted a 12v PWC battery to it!!! E-Z, im the new generation tech, lol |
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