BoatBanter.com - Changing oils

On Apr 15, 12:00*pm, "John" wrote:
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On Apr 15, 10:46 am, "John" wrote:

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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!

Where did you get that outdrive fill procedure? It doesn't sound right
to
me.

Its called a short cut -
according to the manual you are supposed to put the oil in from the bottom
and fill to the top - a royal PITA! I did this for years, then realizes
that I could fill it from the engine compartment reservoir and it would
drain down. After changing the oil and doing it this way, you WILL have to
top off the reservoir after the first run, but I never have seen it get so
low as to throw a light.
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John, unless your alpha's are different than mine, I've never heard of
or seen a engine compartment reservoir. *That is, unless you're
talking about the trim pump.

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4.3 alpha- it has a reservoir is on top of the engine, what year is your
boat?

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The 18 ft. is a '83 alpha 3.0 The 23' is a '77 alpha 5.7 (350 chevy)