[C320-list] Perkins M30 Oil Change last drops

[Pat Moriarty]

Been there and done that and it is NPT.

At 02:17 PM 5/11/2006, you wrote:
>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>
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>Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 10:58 AM
>Subject: Re: [C320-list] Perkins M30 Oil Change last drops
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> >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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