This may help...I took the oil pan off our 3GM30F because I lost a piece of tape off the oil extractor hose when it was in the dipstick tube. (Yes, I know I'm an idiot). I discovered that the oil extractor hose actually hits the top of the suction thingy on the bottom of the engine, so it never actually gets near the bottom unless you are really lucky. It really does take 2.6 litres of oil, which I verified when I refilled it. I have almost never got more than 2 litres out/in on a regular oil change. I seriously considered putting a banjo fitting on the bottom of the oil pan so I could drain it from the bottom, but I got nervous about drilling a large hole into an expensive aluminum casting and chickened out.
Jim Watts Paradigm Shift C&C 35 Mk III Victoria, BC On Sun, 16 May 2021 at 17:57, Josh Muckley via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > I can't recall exactly but if you asked me how much oil I buy in preps for > an oil change I would have said 6 qts without even thinking about it. I > use a hand vacuum pump but can't recall it's capacity. As I recall it was > the larger of the 2 Moeller models at the time when I bought it. The > suction hoses have a metal rod inside which allows you to pre-bend the tube > to better suck hard to reach area. > > Josh Muckley > S/V Sea Hawk > 1989 C&C 37+ > Yanmar 3HM35F > Solomons, MD > > On Sun, May 16, 2021, 20:18 Tom Buscaglia via CnC-List < > cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > >> Every time I change oil on Alera I check the engine spec for the Yanmar >> 3HM35F >> that calls for 5.7 quarts. I have never been able to get more than 4 >> quarts out or in. >> >> I use an electric pump extractor via the dip stick hole. I understand >> that the angle of the engine on my 37+ results in the oil laying at the aft >> end of the pan and try to make sure the tube gats all the way back there. >> >> Anyone else been able to replace over 4 quarts! >> >> Tom Buscaglia >> S/V Alera >> 1990 C&C 37+/40 >> Vashon WA >> P 206.463.9200 >> C 305.409.3660 >> >> Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help >> with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - >> use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray >> Thanks - Stu > > Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with > the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks > - Stu
Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu
