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chris connor
New member
Username: scgck
Post Number: 1
Registered: 06-2009
| | Posted on Sunday, October 18, 2009 - 07:04 pm: | 
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I just changed the oil in a boat new to me ,aq-145a , and ended up whith the oil level an inch too high on the dipstick. If I'm reading the Seloc manual correctly , 11 U.S. pints ( 5.5 ) qts. should be normal. Before the oil change the dipstick read on the high side of the serrations. After seeing this I measured the oil that I drained out , only 3 qts.! The boat (houseboat in the slip) seems level as well as the engine. The dipstick appears to be stock.
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Robert A. Fierro
Advanced Member
Username: sandkicker
Post Number: 956
Registered: 06-2008
| | Posted on Sunday, October 18, 2009 - 07:16 pm: |
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How did you drain the oil out ? I found on one of my boats, that if you try to drain the oil out BEFORE removing the filter, you don't get all the oil out. This would be a bigger issue on boats with remote filter kits (mine) and oil coolers (some Volvo 4 bangers) |
chris connor
New member
Username: scgck
Post Number: 2
Registered: 06-2009
| | Posted on Sunday, October 18, 2009 - 07:29 pm: |
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Yep , that's how I drained it. I would have thought that after 30 min. of run time if there was 2 qts. of black oil still in the engine it would look a little used on the stick , maybe not. |
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