[C320-list] Perkins oil change

[jason reynolds]

Myron,

I purchased a 320 hull #68 last fall and am trying to change the oil.  I had trouble extracting oil from the dipstick, is the plug you are referring to a drain, or something that you put a tube in to extract oil??

Jason

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> On Oct 31, 2016, at 9:20 PM, Welch, Myron D <myron-welch at uiowa.edu> wrote:
> 
> Lew, 
> 
> It's on the block, around 6 inches from the bottom of the engine. The plug is about 1/2" diameter and easily removed with an open end wrench or small crescent wrench. 
> 
> Myron
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPad
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>> On Oct 31, 2016, at 7:33 PM, "sailorlew at aol.com" <sailorlew at aol.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Myron,
>> Is a plug on the sump or a plug on a hose like the Universal engines have?
>> Lew
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Welch, Myron D <myron-welch at uiowa.edu>
>> To: C320-List <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
>> Sent: Mon, Oct 31, 2016 5:16 pm
>> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Perkins oil change
>> 
>> Lew,
>> 
>> There is a drain plug on the starboard side of the engine, close to where the dipstick tube enters the block.  The other alternative is to extract oil through the dipstick tube.
>> Hope this helps.
>> 
>> Myron Welch
>> Wind Instrument, #238
>> Iowa City, Iowa
>> Grace Memorial Harbor
>> Elk Rapids, Michigan
>> 
>> 
>>> On Oct 31, 2016, at 4:02 PM, sailorlew at aol.com wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> A friend of mine has a Perkins M30 on his Beneteau 321 & his having difficulty finding where the drain fitting is for the lube oil. Can anyone provide some info, or a schematic?
>>> tx
>>> Lew
>> 
>>