On Apr 15, 4:33*am, "John" wrote:
"Robert M. Gary" wrote in ...

I'm looking through the previous owner's service receipts on my 03
Bayliner 185 (4.3L) boat. The dealer is charging $600 to change the
engine and drive oils.

The reason they get the name "Stealership".

Change the oil yourself! *go to harbourfeight.com they sell a standup oil
pump for $20.
The outdrive can be the hardest, there are two cap screws one at the bottom
and one at the top, take them both out and let it run. *If you have a
reservoir in the engine compartment for outdrive oil, you can put the bottom
cap screw back in and fill it from the engine compartment - but it runs
SLOW! *Or you squeeze it in by the tube, they also sell an adapter hose that
screws into the cap screw hole and connects to quarts of gear oil.
Use good quality 30 weight oil in the engine.

By all means get a manual!

Indeed!

What I do on mine is squeeze the oil in from the bottom, and to make
sure the upper is full, I've taked the crown cap off the top of the
lower end, and made sure the oil was fully to the top, so no air
pockets were evident.