I just recently purchased my first inboard diesel engine with my Hunter 27 (77) sailboat. I would like to know the best way to change the oil. I heard somewhere that you should pump the oil out through the dip stick....well its the size I can't figure out. How the heck do you get a tube down such a small hole...or do I just find a drain plug below and go for it. I am in dry dock right now and don't care if I make a mess. Thanks,
Changing oil in Yanmar 9 hp engine
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Connect a rubber tube that slides over the outside of the tube and clamp it. Then suction the oil out. When I first bought my boat I removed the oil pan and installed a drain plug the same as cars use. It's been an easy job ever since. I will never understand why they just don't put drain plugs in these engines to begin with. Every car and truck has one.
Connect a rubber tube that slides over the outside of the tube and clamp it. Then suction the oil out. When I first bought my boat I removed the oil pan and installed a drain plug the same as cars use. It's been an easy job ever since. I will never understand why they just don't put drain plugs in these engines to begin with. Every car and truck has one.
1 GM 6.5 HP Yanmars have a drain plug
and in the H27 Cherubini there is enough space under the pan to insert a collector. If yours is a re-powered boat and has no drain plug the alternative would be to suck it out the dip-stick hole. West marine sells a hand pump with hoses and a thin plastic tube that goes inside all the way down to the pan. Get a one liter bottle to pump the oil out into. The engine should be warm but not hot enough for the oil to melt the plastic tube.
and in the H27 Cherubini there is enough space under the pan to insert a collector. If yours is a re-powered boat and has no drain plug the alternative would be to suck it out the dip-stick hole. West marine sells a hand pump with hoses and a thin plastic tube that goes inside all the way down to the pan. Get a one liter bottle to pump the oil out into. The engine should be warm but not hot enough for the oil to melt the plastic tube.
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