oil change

[surferbum21]

did a search and couldn't find anything. can anyone point me in right direction? I did my last boat and it's time for this one. 2004 SAN 210. Just want all the information I can get so it will be as quick and easy as possible. Dewinterizing, installing new speakers, and fixing valves same day.

[WakeSlayer]

RE: oil change

What exactly are you asking?

[surferbum21]

RE: oil change

forum title...oil change. don't have owner's manual and search was fruitless. was wondering where the drain plug and hose if there is one is.

[WakeSlayer]

RE: oil change

The easiest way, in my opinion, is to use a suction pump through the dipstick. Or, there should also be a drain hose snaked up the side of your engine, looks like a fuel hose, with a brass screw-on cap on the end. You can drop that through your hull drain. This takes a while to drain. Sometimes painfully slow. Get your engine warmed up and use either method to drain.
Do you know if it has synthetic or conventional oil in it? If not I would use what is stated in the owners manual, which is downloadable on this site. I assume you have a remote oil filter kit on your boat. Remove the filter after draining the oil pan. Prime the new filter with 1/2 a quart, and install. Add balance of recommended volume of oil.

Dewinterizing is the reverse process of what was done to winterize. Is it full of antifreeze? or just drained. Belts loosened, block drain plugs removed ? This is hard to answer as a lot of us winterize to different degrees and use different methods.

Speakers: remove and replace, wiring correctly.

Valves, no idea, I removed the stock ballast system, and do many others,so my advice is to cut out the system and replace entirely. However, I assume that the replacements come with instructions.

I hope this helps. Was not being a smarta$$ before, I thought your request was pretty vague.

Mike

[NautiqueJeff]

Re: RE: oil change

Don't have owner's manual and search was fruitless.

The 2004 owner's manual can be found here.