I was sweatin...check it

[tigeblue]

So I go to check my oil level today. Pulled the dip stick out and it almost looked bone dry. Just a little dab of oil clinging for life and the end of the stick.

Now I just had my 20 hour service about 10 hours ago. Oil was changed and everything. How could this be..?

So needless to say I was going to have to put some in. added 1 qt. and checked it. Still low.. added another. Still low.. added a tiny bit more. Then it read fine.

So I get to the lake and have that feelin again. So I check it one more time because Im just to damn anal about it. Well... It looked like it was way over. was I on level ground when I did this? i thought so..

Anyhow, So here I am ready to go, my homie is all excited about how glass the lake was, and Im "like nope. No chance we are even starting this bish." So I high tail it to West Marine to buy oil suction pump. I get it and go back to the lake to my rig. Jump inside hook that bish up and start pumpin.

( heres where I started to sweat )

I go to take this pump tube out of the dip stick holder and the damn thing is stuck! I mean really stuck. Not moving at all. Of course Im freakin out. So Im workin it for like 30 min. I didn't want to yank it out in fear that I would leave a piece of this tube stuck in my motor. Yes I was pissed at myself. So I ended up twisting it around for a while and all of the sudden it came out.

I checked the end of the tubing making sure that it was all there. Lucky for me it was. None of it came off in the motor. It was twisted real bad but was all there. Maybe someone can tell me what it may have snagged on? Im thinking it went into a piece of the oil pump.

So I ended up correcting the oil level problem and the boat ran fine all day.

So here is my gripe. Im not sure if the motor burned off all that oil on its own in 10 hours. Its either that or the dealership mechanics didn't take the time to check the level and top it off. Leaving me to think it was fine all this time.

So the lesson I learned today is check your fluids no matter what. I really can't blame the dealership for this. I should have checked it right after I got it back. But something tells me it wasn't topped off all the way.

[chpthril]

So I ended up correcting the oil level problem and the boat ran fine all day.

So here is my gripe. Im not sure if the motor burned off all that oil on its own in 10 hours. Its either that or the dealership mechanics didn't take the time to check the level and top it off. Leaving me to think it was fine all this time.

So the lesson I learned today is check your fluids no matter what. I really can't blame the dealership for this. I should have checked it right after I got it back. But something tells me it wasn't topped off all the way.

How much did you suck out compared to what you added. Because it was way over "full" after adding, and you had to remove some, i'ld say the level was close.

I have made a mental note of where the oil level is when full, both in the driveway and on the water.

[spharis]

New motors will burn a little oil, especially if thay have a roller cam or hydraulic anything else in them.

[zad0030]

From what ive heard your most accurate reading should be on the water.

[tigeblue]

How much did you suck out compared to what you added. Because it was way over "full" after adding, and you had to remove some, i'ld say the level was close.

I have made a mental note of where the oil level is when full, both in the driveway and on the water.

Yeah it was close. But was reading over still. I have heard about oil burning up faster when new, but the dealership said that wasn't true.

[tigeblue]

From what ive heard your most accurate reading should be on the water.

really? Not land?

[zad0030]

really? Not land?

Someone told me that your most accurate reading will be while your on the water. If thats true or not I dont know.

[scoot18]

In the Ve's consider the direction the engine is facing, "to the rear" and the natural grade towards the transmission is down, thus making that 1st angle line in the V. So if the boat is on level ground and the trailer is level, the engine is actually leaning down. If the boat is in the water it tends to have a little bow rise as it floats which would brind the engine more level, probably close but not almost there. I would Imagine that the best and most acurate reading would be in the water and with the bow of the boat a little raised.

Keep the engine angle in mind when you are checking the oil level.

[Razzman]

Don't quote me but i do believe that is compensated for on your dipstick readings, you can't possibly think that the dealer mechs are jacking the boats up on trailers to level the engine? Think about it, your cars engine doesn't sit level either. In fact some will have as much as 8-10 degree pitch in the angle. If that wasn't compensated for you'd all be checking your oil incorrectly.

[talltigeguy]

Don't quote me but i do believe that is compensated for on your dipstick readings, you can't possibly think that the dealer mechs are jacking the boats up on trailers to level the engine? Think about it, your cars engine doesn't sit level either. In fact some will have as much as 8-10 degree pitch in the angle. If that wasn't compensated for you'd all be checking your oil incorrectly.

I have to put my vote with Razz.

In theory, the boat sits level on the trailer and in the water, it is the same. At least I cannot tell a difference. My oil level seems to read the same in the driveway as well as on the water. My boat dealer does not take the boat to the lake to check the oil and I have never, ever heard anyone try to justify an oil level by saying 'trailer vs. water'.

[chpthril]

Don't quote me but i do believe that is compensated for on your dipstick readings, you can't possibly think that the dealer mechs are jacking the boats up on trailers to level the engine? Think about it, your cars engine doesn't sit level either. In fact some will have as much as 8-10 degree pitch in the angle. If that wasn't compensated for you'd all be checking your oil incorrectly.