[C320-list] OIL CHANGE

[Pat Moriarty]

I believe it is 1/8 NPT but since fittings are cheaper than time buy 
both 1/8 and 1/4 NPT to what ever you pump will accept, probably a 1/4 tubing.

Pat #130

At 11:27 AM 11/8/2007, you wrote:

>Ken
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>?What type of air tool fitting did you use and where did you get it. 
>and how did you connect it to your pump? ?I have the Perkins too and 
>have been use the?drain tube but I push a plastic tube from my oil 
>drain pump down it.??Sounds like you systems works better.?
>
>Tony ?
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jane & Ken <obuoy4848 at sbcglobal.net>
>To: C320-List <c320-list at catalina320.com>
>Sent: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 8:50 am
>Subject: Re: [C320-list] OIL CHANGE
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>Our hull number is 219 and is fitted with the PERKINS engine.  This 
>engine has a
>"drain" plug on the starboard side below the dipstick.  Oil change is easy
>because I remove the plug, screw in an air tool adapter (1/4 inch I 
>think)  and
>then suck out ALL of the oil--no real mess involved and I am certain 
>the sump is
>empty-unlike using the dipstick tube.  The filter is still a bit of 
>a mess, but
>the diaper works wonders.
>   You might want to search the engine manual or look closely at the 
> sump area
>because I have never seen a sump without a drain hole. The engineer designed
>one, but the boat location prevents access.  The filter is another 
>story-I agree
>it should spin on from below.
>   Ken Cathey 'OBUOY'  #219
>
>Robert Seastream <robert.seastream at comcast.net> wrote:
>   First, whichever Yanmar design engineer decided on a horizontal mount
>filter should be fired, then shot.
>Second, accept the fact that some oil spill will occur. Minimize it by
>utilizing the methods mentioned on this forum, and repeated below:
>
>Hole punch and predrain the oil filter
>Place a ziploc bag around the oil filter
>Place a diaper (Pampers, etc.), under the engine.
>
>If it didn't cost so much, I'd have my engine oil pan drain fitted with
>an extension 'spout' and hose that would allow me to drain the oil from
>the pan as intended, rather than sucking it out the dipstick pipe.
>That's another reason the design engineer should be shot, given that
>s/he knew the engine would be located in close quarters.
>
>Regards,
>
>Robert Seastream
>'Intuition' # 906
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>On Nov 7, 2007, at 8:09 PM, Warren Updike wrote:
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> > Cheeze, I'm so angry I could s?it (apply the appropriate letter of
> > your choice, H or P.) This time I loosened the filter just enough so
> > I could turn it by hand, stuffed oil absorbant material undet the
> > filter, then punched a hole in the top of the end, put a plastic bag
> > over it and rotated it until the hole was at the bottom (that's a mere
> > 1/2 turn.) Sure enough, the oil oozed out into the bag. I thought I
> > was in fat city (anyone recognize that term?) That is, until I looked
> > under the engine to see a smear of black oil coming down the sump.
> > This was the worse mess of any previous filter change attempt. Why
> > would one design such an affair. Isn't there an adapter to allow a
> > remote filter install? Time to change the filter: 5 min.; time to
> > clean-up: 35 min. To make matters worse, unless you are Ichabod Crane
> > or anorexic, there is no way to reach far enough under the oil pan to
> > clean-up all the mess. (You can guess my age group by the comparisons
> > I use.)
> >
> > Back to the drawing board.
> >
> > Warren & Pattie Updike
> > C320, #62, 1994, "Warr De Mar"
> > Frog Mortar Creek, Middle River
> > Chesapeake Bay
> >
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