[C320-list] Oil change on the hard

[Mike Ott]

Probably not a good idea if you want to get the engine oil up to temperature.  
You're going to have to winterize the raw water side of your cooling system 
anyway, right.  Rig a 5-gal bucket in the cockpit with a drain hose epoxied into 
the bottom side.  Connect a hose through the opening port to your raw water 
intake using a double hose barb.  Fill bucket with non-haz. anti-freeze and run 
the engine. While it sucks the anti-freeze through the raw water side and when 
you see the pink stuff exit the discharge, your winterized and warmed up.
Mike Ott
'Amanda Lu'
#508



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From: Robert Seastream <robert.seastream at comcast.net>
To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
Sent: Tue, October 18, 2011 4:29:50 PM
Subject: [C320-list] Oil change on the hard

All:

I didn't have time to change the engine oil before haulout.  Intuition is on the 
hard as of yesterday.  Can I remove the raw water pump belt (to protect the 
impeller) and run the engine (having its' own internal coolant) a few minutes to 
heat the oil without damaging anything?  If not, I'll just provide a reservoir 
of water for the engine.

Bob Seastream
Intuition # 906