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Silverton 34
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" I have a 1992 34foot Silvert
" I have a 1992 34foot Silverton convertible. I recently purchased the boat from a friend, who filled me in on his continuing question of oil capacity. The issue is, the manual states that the oil capacity is "aprox 7qts" I pumped out using the dip stick tube (garden hose thread, with a good electric oil pump mounted on a bucket) and pumped out just under six quarts, including what I drained from the filter. When I refilled, the oil was on the full mark with only five quarts in the oil pan. Six quarts put me well over the full mark. I do have remote oil filters (Factory installed), mounted on the front of the block, and would assume that the lines and the oil cooler hold half to one quart? The complicated part come in that I am not sure if I have the correct dip sticks, or tubes. The previous owner contacted Crusader, and some how came to the conlusion that the engines were built with the wrong dip stick tubes. Crusader shipped new tubes, and according to the previous owner, there was no change in how the dip stick was reading. Is there a way to verify what dip sticks or tubes should be on these engines? Is it possible that five quarts would fill the pan? That there is two quarts still in the pan or remote oil filter lines/oil cooler? I am not new to this, I have been maintaing boats for many years and never ran into this before. Any help would be greatly appreciated. "
" I have a 1992 34foot Silverton convertible. I recently purchased the boat from a friend, who filled me in on his continuing question of oil capacity. The issue is, the manual states that the oil capacity is "aprox 7qts" I pumped out using the dip stick tube (garden hose thread, with a good electric oil pump mounted on a bucket) and pumped out just under six quarts, including what I drained from the filter. When I refilled, the oil was on the full mark with only five quarts in the oil pan. Six quarts put me well over the full mark. I do have remote oil filters (Factory installed), mounted on the front of the block, and would assume that the lines and the oil cooler hold half to one quart? The complicated part come in that I am not sure if I have the correct dip sticks, or tubes. The previous owner contacted Crusader, and some how came to the conlusion that the engines were built with the wrong dip stick tubes. Crusader shipped new tubes, and according to the previous owner, there was no change in how the dip stick was reading. Is there a way to verify what dip sticks or tubes should be on these engines? Is it possible that five quarts would fill the pan? That there is two quarts still in the pan or remote oil filter lines/oil cooler? I am not new to this, I have been maintaing boats for many years and never ran into this before. Any help would be greatly appreciated. "