What's best to remove oil?
 

wrote in message
...
Hi,

What's the best thing for the money for removing oil
from a motor in the bilge? I bought a drill pump, and
it worked okay. Once! After that it would never work
again. Someone told me about using a basting squeeze
bulb, and that worked great getting some lube out of
a transfer case, but it took quite a while and a lot of
times filling and emptying it. It would take forever to
empty a motor of oil, unless there's a quart size or
something.

Thanks for any suggestions,
David

For the last 20 years I have used a suction gun for this sort of problem.

They come in a variety of sizes and are good for getting in tight spaces.

See:
http://www.hartleige.com/suction-guns.htm
Note the liter capacity unit.

or
http://www.toolking.com/performance/view.asp?id=563

Mark Browne

What's best to remove oil?
 

My boat came with the drain hose arrangement. Only problem was last year,
when I was at the lake, and opened the hatch to see a bilge of oil. End cap
was loose. Lucky they were giving away bildge socks at the ramp. Soaked up
the oil, and used the kicker to get to the marina and buy overpriced oil.
Even caught two trout while motoring to the marina.
Bill

"Lawrence James" wrote in message
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I have the same thing. Works best if the oil is warm. Fortunately I had
the engine ouit when I put it on so that part was easy.

"Bob" wrote in message
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I just installed one of those oil drain hose kits on my engine. It was
very difficult to install due to the cramped space around the engine
oil drain plug, but we finally got it in there. Now all I have to do
is snake the oil drain hose out of the transom drain plug, remove the
threaded brass cap on the end of the oil drain hose and let the oil
drain out of the hose and into a container sitting on the ground below
the drain plug. Of course, this system is no good if your boat is in
the water all the time!

Anyone have any comments, good or bad about these oil drain hose kits?

What's best to remove oil?
 

Topsider pump works well but the oil must be hot to flow.
My drain pan plugs have never been out of the engines.


wrote in message
...
Hi,

What's the best thing for the money for removing oil
from a motor in the bilge? I bought a drill pump, and
it worked okay. Once! After that it would never work
again. Someone told me about using a basting squeeze
bulb, and that worked great getting some lube out of
a transfer case, but it took quite a while and a lot of
times filling and emptying it. It would take forever to
empty a motor of oil, unless there's a quart size or
something.

Thanks for any suggestions,
David

What's best to remove oil?
 

I use the Pela Oil Extractor. 6 Litre capacity with auto shutoff, handy pour
spout, about $100 CDN.
No muss, no fuss.

"Keith" wrote in message
...
Jabsco makes a pump mounted on a plastic bucket that works great. I had to
change it to a 5 gallon bucket because my diesel holds 14 qts., but that
was
no problem. It works much better than anything else I've seen or tried. As
others mentioned, you can build your own as well, just make sure the pump
is
rated for oil and/or petroleum products. If you're in a gasoline
environment, be sure it's explosion proof.

--


Keith
__
Never test the depth of the water with both feet.
wrote in message
...
Hi,

What's the best thing for the money for removing oil
from a motor in the bilge? I bought a drill pump, and
it worked okay. Once! After that it would never work
again. Someone told me about using a basting squeeze
bulb, and that worked great getting some lube out of
a transfer case, but it took quite a while and a lot of
times filling and emptying it. It would take forever to
empty a motor of oil, unless there's a quart size or
something.

Thanks for any suggestions,
David

What's best to remove oil?
 

In article ,
"Evan Gatehouse" wrote:

I'm just in the midst of buying a used Yanmar 3GM30 engine (I got a deal :).
The mechanic I hired to check it out pointed out that the oil pan has NO
drain plug! He did mention that he had drilled and tapped a few Yanmar's
oil pans for a drain fitting to drain it out.

Do you know of anybody else that has done this - I suspect that the oil pan
may have a thicker spot / dummy plug for just this operation?

Yanmars don't have them. In our installation, we couldn't get a pan
underneath to use it, anyway. We were warned off of putting a plug or
drain tube in the pan: possible leak point. I'd rather spend a few
minutes pumping from the top than have the oil drip out of a makeshift
drain while I wasn't looking.

We have a little bronze hand pump with a tube that fits in the dipstick
hole and a plastic tube into the waste container. Came with the boat so
I don't know the manufacturer. Does the job for us in about 10 minutes
and fits into next to no space.

--
Jere Lull
Xan-a-Deux ('73 Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD)
Xan's Pages: http://members.dca.net/jerelull/X-Main.html
Our BVI FAQs (290+ pics) http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/

What's best to remove oil?
 

I've used all the vacuum thingies and I find Jere's simple brass pump
is the best. Mine is permenently mounted in the engine compartment
with the hoses coiled and resting on a oil absorbent pad under the
engine. I use a 16" length of brake tubing as the dipstick insert. No
muss, no fuss, A dirty job tamed.


On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 23:46:16 GMT, Jere Lull wrote:

In article ,
"Evan Gatehouse" wrote:

I'm just in the midst of buying a used Yanmar 3GM30 engine (I got a deal :).
The mechanic I hired to check it out pointed out that the oil pan has NO
drain plug! He did mention that he had drilled and tapped a few Yanmar's
oil pans for a drain fitting to drain it out.

Do you know of anybody else that has done this - I suspect that the oil pan
may have a thicker spot / dummy plug for just this operation?

Yanmars don't have them. In our installation, we couldn't get a pan
underneath to use it, anyway. We were warned off of putting a plug or
drain tube in the pan: possible leak point. I'd rather spend a few
minutes pumping from the top than have the oil drip out of a makeshift
drain while I wasn't looking.

We have a little bronze hand pump with a tube that fits in the dipstick
hole and a plastic tube into the waste container. Came with the boat so
I don't know the manufacturer. Does the job for us in about 10 minutes
and fits into next to no space.

What's best to remove oil?
 

I just bought an electric on at Canadian tire for $40.
it seems convenient
On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 08:26:26 GMT, Marc wrote:

I've used all the vacuum thingies and I find Jere's simple brass pump
is the best. snip....