rpmerrill
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- Fluid Motion Model
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- BAY RANGER
Yikes, All I need to do is read the instructions.
And this has probably been posted before.
I've done about 4 oil changes on my Yanmar 4BY2. Not a big job, just a little messy sometimes. (I'm the one that gets messy.... I sacrifice myself to keep the boat clean.)
Back to the subject. On my first oil change, all went well. I had read about the three o-rings and made sure they were all there and in good shape. HOWEVER, I took the boat out for a quick spin and got about a hundred yards from the dock and went back to look. Oil was spraying all over the place ! I did a quick turn around and got to the dock without the bilge pump running. Phew. The oil was coming from under the filter cap. The top o-ring had blown out. I cleaned it all up and installed a new ring AND I looked up the proper torque. Over the next three oil changes everything went well. (I wrote "19 ft-lbs" down on the engine cover with a paint type marker.)
Today I was changing the filter. I was rolling the o-ring into what I thought was the right place (all the way up under the top rim). On the way to the top rim, the ring fell very nicely into a groove about 3/8" away from the top rim. Hmmm. I started thinking. I looked in the manual and sure enough the photo shows this groove to be the correct location. It looks like a much more secure place.
Screen shot from the Owners Manual in my album, page 4.
We learn as we go.
Thanks for listening.
And this has probably been posted before.
I've done about 4 oil changes on my Yanmar 4BY2. Not a big job, just a little messy sometimes. (I'm the one that gets messy.... I sacrifice myself to keep the boat clean.)
Back to the subject. On my first oil change, all went well. I had read about the three o-rings and made sure they were all there and in good shape. HOWEVER, I took the boat out for a quick spin and got about a hundred yards from the dock and went back to look. Oil was spraying all over the place ! I did a quick turn around and got to the dock without the bilge pump running. Phew. The oil was coming from under the filter cap. The top o-ring had blown out. I cleaned it all up and installed a new ring AND I looked up the proper torque. Over the next three oil changes everything went well. (I wrote "19 ft-lbs" down on the engine cover with a paint type marker.)
Today I was changing the filter. I was rolling the o-ring into what I thought was the right place (all the way up under the top rim). On the way to the top rim, the ring fell very nicely into a groove about 3/8" away from the top rim. Hmmm. I started thinking. I looked in the manual and sure enough the photo shows this groove to be the correct location. It looks like a much more secure place.
Screen shot from the Owners Manual in my album, page 4.
We learn as we go.
Thanks for listening.