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![]() Wayne.B wrote: On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 03:16:53 GMT, "Steve" wrote: The Lehams's in the GB 36 hold 18 quarts EACH, Have plenty on gallons jugs to suckit in to. GREAT engines. Most of us with big diesels buy our oil in 5 gallon pails. Keep the old pails and after you've done a few changes you will have no need for 1 gallon jugs. I like the gallon jugs, myself. Much easier to use if you ever need to add a little oil beween changes. Also easier to get containers of waste oil out of the engine room and off the boat with less risk of spilling or wacking into something with a dirty oil bucket. When a friend approaches on a cruise and says he's out of oil and needs to borrow a gallon, it's easier to loan a gallon jug. And, the plastic jugs make two really useful oil changing tools. If you slice off the top of a jug just below the shoulder, you can turn the top upside down and use it for a funnel. In engine rooms with limited vetical clearance, that can account for a useful difference in height when compared to a standard conical funnel. The lower portion of the jug is now a square bucket with a handle on the side- and is exactly the perfect size for catching a screw on oil filter and the associated mess when it's removed. |