[C320-list] OIL CHANGE

[Robert E. Sloat]

I have the Yanmar 3GM30F in my C320 which has an oil filter in a horizontal 
location.  When removing the filter, I position the baggie below the filter, 
loosen it until oil starts to ooze out from the gap between the gasket and 
the engine block and then with one hand hold the bag tightly against the 
engine block below where the oil filter is attached to catch any oil. Zero 
oil leakage into the bilge or elsewhere in 6 seasons.  I do have a backup 
pile of newspaper sitting below the filter just in case.   If you unscrew 
the filter very quickly and get the bottom pointing up quickly, very little 
oil ends up in the bag.

You should try to change the oil filter on my turbo Porsche.  The filter 
points down and there is no place to put a baggie below the filter to catch 
the oil that leaks out.  The solution is to punch a hole in the top of the 
filter and suck out as much oil as possible before taking it off.  1/2 roll 
of paper towels stuck into the engine compartment below the filter, then 
catches the remaining oil that leaks.  It is enough of a pain to consider 
trading the thing for another C320.

Bob Sloat
Savannah Hull 894


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barry Fahrer" <bfahrer at lisurveyor.com>
To: "C320-List" <c320-list at catalina320.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 12:38 PM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] OIL CHANGE


> Well it's that time of the year and I just did the oil change and fuel 
> filter change on my 1994 Perkins.  This year I tried using a zip lock 
> freezer bag on the oil filter but either I did not understand the way it 
> was done by others or they were doing it on a different engine.  I still 
> managed to spill lots of oil into the bilge.
> Next time I am thinking of drilling a hole into the top of the filter and 
> using my oil pump to suck up the oil in the filter first.  I will then 
> plug the hole with a screw and try the freezer bag again.
> The bag worked very nicely on the primary and secondary fuel filters.  I 
> then used the oil pump to remove the fuel from the bag and all went 
> nicely.
> BARRY --... ...--
> TRANSIT C-320 # 126
> GLEN COVE, NY
>
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