Engine Oil Change

[system 4-50]

Please vote.

Edited March 8, 2017 by system 4-50
added boatyard to poll

[mross]

My engine burns so much oil I don't need to!

[cereal tiller]

34 minutes ago, system 4-50 said:

Please vote.

Steam Engines do have Oil but no need to change it,usually total loss

[Neil2]

The boat owner next to us just took his to the boatyard - why is that not on the list or did you think it was too outrageous an option to include?

Edited March 8, 2017 by Neil2
grammar

[mrsmelly]

1 hour ago, mross said:

My engine burns so much oil I don't need to!

This may be a joke but my first boat had an old LR 2 lister that leaked so much oil I just topped it up each day and never changed the oil in 5 years lol.

[system 4-50]

8 minutes ago, Neil2 said:

The boat owner next to us just took his to the boatyard - why is that not on the list or did you think it was too outrageous an option to include?

Good point, poll amended.

[zenataomm]

I don't suck it out of the dipstick hole with a straw, but I do use a 12 Volt pump that I bought especially for the job.

[Bee]

I just drill a hole under the engine and drain it into the canal.

[wullie]

Have an 12v pump, and Pela suction pump.

[Neil2]

I notice there's a few able to drain the oil out of the sump plug.  I was browsing a motoring forum recently and surprisingly discovered that a lot of DIYers now remove their oil via the dipstick with a pump. Not, apparently, because it's easier but it's reckoned to be a better way though I can't recall the reasoning.  It seems counter intuitive to me.

 

[Mike Todd]

Please Sir, what's engine oil?

[ditchcrawler]

46 minutes ago, Neil2 said:

I notice there's a few able to drain the oil out of the sump plug.  I was browsing a motoring forum recently and surprisingly discovered that a lot of DIYers now remove their oil via the dipstick with a pump. Not, apparently, because it's easier but it's reckoned to be a better way though I can't recall the reasoning.  It seems counter intuitive to me.

 

From what I remember it was almost impossible to remove the plug without oil running down your arm and in your sleeve  

[Stormbringer]

4 hours ago, Neil2 said:

I notice there's a few able to drain the oil out of the sump plug.  I was browsing a motoring forum recently and surprisingly discovered that a lot of DIYers now remove their oil via the dipstick with a pump. Not, apparently, because it's easier but it's reckoned to be a better way though I can't recall the reasoning.  It seems counter intuitive to me.

 

Less messy ?

And lots of modern cars are closed in underneath and need jacking or lifting to get to the 3 thousand hidden fixings holding them on....which usually break off anyway when you try to undo them !!

 

Or. just poke a pela down the oil ole and pump......