[C320-list] OIL CHANGE

[pat reynolds]

Don't they have a ten minute Porsche-lube nearby

Pat R.
--- "Robert E. Sloat" <resloat at comcast.net> wrote:

> 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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