I have been loosely following this thread. I chose not to install a
electrically driven oil drain pump because it Is just one more thing to
break, fix, replace.
There is enough of that already on board LeeZe.
What I did do was took the really cheap option of getting the engine
builder to have a hand pump installed at the point where the drain plug
would be.
In the 10 years, I have used it once to drain all of the oil out.
That took three days, but I was not in a rush. I had planned for it.
The first day some 26 of 28 liters of oil was out.
When I went by the engine over the next two days, I would the hand pump a
few pumps and more would come out.
By day three, I had over 27.5 liters of oil out. Declared victory and
changed the oil and filter.
Since then, I have been having the oil analyzed.
I change the filter every year and top off. When it is time to ship off a
sample, I get a clean bottle, pump out 5 liters, fill the sample, and
return the oil. Then I wait for the results.
So far, have not needed a complete oil change.
I am saving a bunch of money as good oil is not cheap on this side of the
pound, and neither are good quality electrical oil pumps.
Rudy, care to comment?
Lee
Levent Marina, Izmir Turkey
--
https://www.facebook.com/leezeforsale/
http://leezeforsale.com
https://whereisleeze.blogspot.com/
leezerphtrawlerforsale@gmail.com
I have been loosely following this thread. I chose not to install a
electrically driven oil drain pump because it Is just one more thing to
break, fix, replace.
There is enough of that already on board LeeZe.
What I did do was took the really cheap option of getting the engine
builder to have a hand pump installed at the point where the drain plug
would be.
In the 10 years, I have used it once to drain all of the oil out.
That took three days, but I was not in a rush. I had planned for it.
The first day some 26 of 28 liters of oil was out.
When I went by the engine over the next two days, I would the hand pump a
few pumps and more would come out.
By day three, I had over 27.5 liters of oil out. Declared victory and
changed the oil and filter.
Since then, I have been having the oil analyzed.
I change the filter every year and top off. When it is time to ship off a
sample, I get a clean bottle, pump out 5 liters, fill the sample, and
return the oil. Then I wait for the results.
So far, have not needed a complete oil change.
I am saving a bunch of money as good oil is not cheap on this side of the
pound, and neither are good quality electrical oil pumps.
Rudy, care to comment?
Lee
Levent Marina, Izmir Turkey
--
https://www.facebook.com/leezeforsale/
http://leezeforsale.com
https://whereisleeze.blogspot.com/
leezerphtrawlerforsale@gmail.com
