[C320-list] OIL CHANGE

[Bruce Stumpp]

Warren, 

Funny and I agree with you 100%!  The guy who designed putting the oil
filter on its side (Yanmar engines too!) is probably the same guy who
designed the water pump that requires removing hoses, etc so you can access
the impeller AND removing the oil through the dipstick hole.  I didn't think
about punching a hole in the filter when I changed the oil and just spun it
off in a bag - another mess.  From the comments here, apparently you can
punch a hole in the top and pump out the oil before removing the
filter...added to my notes for next year.  BTW, a remote filter adapter
would be a great idea.

Bruce Stumpp
#647, Adventure
Frog Mortar Creek, MD



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Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 20:09:19 -0500
From: "Warren Updike" <wupdike at hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [C320-list] OIL CHANGE
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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