[C320-list] Perkins M30 Oil Change last drops

[Darrell]

Hi Warren, just curious wouldn't the thread on the pipe be metric like 
everything else on the engine? Darrell
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Warren Updike" <wupdike at hotmail.com>
To: "Catalina 320 Mail List" <C320-List at catalina320.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 10:58 AM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Perkins M30 Oil Change last drops


>I bought a WM manual pump type oil changer that works well.  I started by 
>sucking it out of the dip stick tube and wasn't happy with that as I was 
>only getting out 3 quarts.
>
> Then I found a metal pipe that comes out the stbd side of the engine down 
> above the oil pan.  This pipe has a threaded nipple in it.  At our marine 
> store, I bought a hose barb with a pipe thread.  I think it was 1/4". 
> This screws into the top of the pipe when the nipple is removed.  Now, I 
> get nearly all 4 qts of oil when I pump it out.
>
> You can buy a 12v self-priming pump suitable for oil and permanently mount 
> it in the engine compartment with a hose permanently attached to the drain 
> pipe.  Then changing is a snap.
>
> I've also seen such a pump set up so that it can be used to drain the pan, 
> then pump new oil into the valve cover.  Makes the process a snap.
>
> Warren & Pattie Updike
> C320, #62, 1994, "Warr De Mar"
> Frog Mortar Creek, Middle River
> Chesapeake Bay
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