How NOT to change your own oil

[malarson]

There has got to be a better way.

[skippabcool]

It looks like I changed mine similar to you but didn't have any issues. I am guessing that you used the hose that comes from the drain? From there I got a air compressor fitting that will screw onto the end of the hose then clamped the hose that went to my pump. Did you do something similar or try to just catch it from the hose?

Let me see if I can find the thread that had pictures of what I am talking about.

[skippabcool]

Here is the pump I use
http://www.tigeowners.com/forum/show...ostcount=68447

This is what I did to connect it to the hose coming from the boat
http://www.tigeowners.com/forum/show...ostcount=68450

[skippabcool]

Did you undo your TAPS plate just for the oil change?

[robert theisen]

Here's the hot ticket a vacuum evacuator.

[ajholt7]

What he said

[lancehon]

Looks a little cleaner too

[IDBoating]

Yep, as discussed in other threads: Buy a Mityvac 7400 pump. It will change your life. Oil changes are now under five minutes and I'm getting more oil out too, which means a more thorough change than the "drain through the hull" method. You'll never go back.

Skip the dipstick tube approach and get a little fitting that screws right onto the oil pan drain hose, and has a barb on the other side that fits the pump's largest hose size. The result is a perfectly clean system that absolutely totally rocks. I can't believe I went all those years without one of these pumps.

My thanks, again, to user KKO here on this site for pointing me toward the Mityvac 7400.

[talltigeguy]

Here's the hot ticket a vacuum evacuator.

I have the same one, but mine has a hookup to the air compressor. So if your boat is at a location where you have power, it is even easier. Can't imagine oil change without it.

[Joeprunc]

I have the same one, but mine has a hookup to the air compressor. So if your boat is at a location where you have power, it is even easier. Can't imagine oil change without it.

I should look and see if mine has a pneumatic hook up too...I'm going to have to figure out how to do mine all over again now that its on the water all year. I usually drained the bottom and sucked through the dip stick, maybe I'll figure something out to connect to the bottom oil pan hose.

[mls6722]

Here is the pump I use
http://www.tigeowners.com/forum/show...ostcount=68447

This is what I did to connect it to the hose coming from the boat
http://www.tigeowners.com/forum/show...ostcount=68450

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I must admit that I connected the pump in the aft storage compartment because I could not figure out how to thread the drain hose out the boat's drain plug.

[talltigeguy]

I should look and see if mine has a pneumatic hook up too...I'm going to have to figure out how to do mine all over again now that its on the water all year. I usually drained the bottom and sucked through the dip stick, maybe I'll figure something out to connect to the bottom oil pan hose.

Your hose is probably sticking up attached to a spot on the rear of the engine (towards the front of the boat). I just found it easier to stick the sucker down the hose without threading it under the engine and out the drain hole. Since it does not spill a drop, I never worried about having the drain apparatus inside the storage compartment to do this.

[IDBoating]

I considered the air pump-driven type but went with the manual for cost and simplicity. Turns out you don't have to continually pump, either - a few cycles to build the vacuum and it drains by itself while you do other things (such as the oil filter). When you hear air bubbles, you're done.

I'm actually not sure what advantage the compressor-driven style has, now that I know you don't have to pump all the time.

[Joeprunc]

Your hose is probably sticking up attached to a spot on the rear of the engine (towards the front of the boat). I just found it easier to stick the sucker down the hose without threading it under the engine and out the drain hole. Since it does not spill a drop, I never worried about having the drain apparatus inside the storage compartment to do this.

That's a great idea Tall. I was just afraid of making a mess, but if the pump tube is far enough down the hose there will never be an issue like you said.

[IDBoating]

That's a great idea Tall. I was just afraid of making a mess, but if the pump tube is far enough down the hose there will never be an issue like you said.

My 2009 PCM engine's oil drain hose has a threaded brass fitting on the end, with a cap. If yours doesn't have this, I recommend retrofitting it. Then you can use a threaded fitting on the pump's hose, which allows a larger pump hose to be used (as compared to a hose that must fit within the engine's hose), which allows the oil to flow faster. Just an idea.