Post your latest boat or PWC oil and filter change

[stranger706]

I just did the 20 hour service on my 2023 Yamaha 150. I got the 20 hour kit from partsvu for $160. Perfect way to go. Has everything required, plus a hand pump for the lower gear case oil. This service is around $1k at the dealer and a 3 hour round trip.

 

[2kredss]

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The tinner is in the lake!
Oil was changed with Motul 0W-30 and a FRAM filter.

 

[2kredss]

1972 sea sprite 16 ft. engine rebuild. 2.5 chevy with echlin 3.7 lnternal resistance coil, petronix electronic ignition. 2 barrel rochester. Engine original to boat. Runs fantastic. Oil used. Rotella T4 15w40 diesel oil and wix 1026 filter sweet combination.

 

[JHZR2]

Unknown age Tortola dinghy with a 2020 Yamaha 20HP engine. New to us.

Filter almost didn’t want to come off.

 

[billt460]

What type of wrench were you using?

 

[JHZR2]

What type of wrench were you using?

One of the kind that self-tightens as you put force on it. Not enough space there for a strap type. Don’t have a cap type.

It was on there tight so the wrench dug in hard.

 

[FastLane]

One of the kind that self-tightens as you put force on it. Not enough space there for a strap type. Don’t have a cap type.

It was on there tight so the wrench dug in hard.

My Merc 30 is like that. Pain to get off. I started using a slightly longer filter which makes life much better getting it off.

 

[skippermatt]

Just changed 2 2023 Yamaha PWCs with 1.0l tr1 3 cylinders. Used Mobil 1 4t 10w40 and Fram ph6017a filters. Drained yamalube 10w40 and removed oem Yamaha/denso filter.

 

[PontiacHO]

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I just did the 20 hour service on my 2023 Yamaha 150. I got the 20 hour kit from partsvu for $160. Perfect way to go. Has everything required, plus a hand pump for the lower gear case oil. This service is around $1k at the dealer and a 3 hour round trip.

Doing it right! Ordering the Yamalube kit is easy and certainly ensures your engine warranty is protected. Your Robalo is the same hull color as mine (Cayman 226).

 

[Hillbilly Deluxe]

Tomorrow-

2016 Ranger 190LS w/ Mercury Verado 175

Mercury 25W-40 semi-synthetic oil
Mercury Filter

Mercury 80W-90 gear lube for the lower unit

 

[Fishingnut]

2006 195 Stingray
Out Mystic 10w40 Marine Oil
Of AcDelco PF52
In Amsoil 10w40 Marine Oil
On Wix 51069
Flurries were flying time to put the boat away

 

[PontiacHO]

I use my giant channel lock pliers on easy to get at filters. Those band type filter wrenches do tend to crush the filter first before you get proper leverage.

 

[OVERKILL]

Just did the tinner again. Fram filter, Motul 0W-30, Castrol marine grease, Castrol 85W-90 gear lube.

Felt like a waste, it clearly didn't get a lot of use last year, the gear oil was spotless and the engine oil looked brand new.

 

[DriveHard]

Mine is always Mobil Delvac 15w-40 and the cheapest OCD I can find. Nothing but the best for my 496!

 

[Dr_Dr3i]

2014 Scarab 195 HO Impulse
(202 hrs on Rotax 1.5L 3cyl supercharged intercooled 250hp)
Out: ??? 3L used oil for ???hrs, Rotax oil filter
In: 3L of XPS 4T full synth oil, new Rotax oil filter
One more outing this weekend, then it goes for winter storage until April

 

[LouC]

Couple weeks ago on my '88 4.3 V6....
Mercruiser Syn Blend 25/50 motor oil
Wix long filter
Mercruiser High Performance gear lube for the outdrive
Lucas Marine grease for the ujoints, gimble bearing and shift linkage

 

[LouC]

I use my giant channel lock pliers on easy to get at filters. Those band type filter wrenches do tend to crush the filter first before you get proper leverage.

I have a collection of cap wrenches, if they fit right they don't crush, not that it matters that much, unless it's a fuel filter that you want to dump out and re-use.

 

[SammyChevelleTypeS3]

I accumulated a box full of many type filter wrenches , caps, wrench, straps etc....over a long time. Lately we been doing what they always have instructed (that we did not follow-always seemed to over tighten them!) which is to tighten by hand to STOP, then a quarter turn more. Nephew did oil change this week in car he did a few months ago like that. Not a single sign of leaks and he removed it by hand.

 

[LouC]

On the subject of oil filter wrenches here's a trick that I started using back in the '70s on our '72 Chevy Impala 350 cu in long before cap wrenches were invented, all we had was the strap wrench. One day I went in the garage, found some coarse sandpaper and folded it in half, both sides with the rough side facing out. Slipped it between the strap and the filter and got phenomenal traction! It still works well if you have one of those large marine water separating oil filters and it's stuck. I change those once a season, not because they are full of junk but to avoid them getting stuck!

 

[maineiac]

Boat’s away in the pole barn for the winter so no pics but:

Renaissance Prowler ( power cat) with twin 175 Suzukis
OG Fram Ultras
5w40 Delvac Syn HDEO

Ready for next season