Changing Oil/ transmission fluid in 230

[frisbeedogs]

Hello, Im a new boat owner and just racked up 150 hours on an 2008 230. Are changing the fluids something I can do in the boat stall? I dont trust my lift enough to get under it in the water. Is there a pump or something I need to be environmentally conscious? Thank you.

Craig

[Red57Bird]

Fluids are very easy to change in these boats. I'd recommend getting this particular Jabsco oil changer kit (http://www.wholesalemarine.com/pc/IT...l+Changer.html). It has a reversible pump on it so that you can transfer the used oil into a container to take to the recycling center.

There is an oil drain tube somewhere in the engine compartment - check your manual to find out where it hangs. The oil changer kit has a main hose that slips over the drain tube perfectly and allows you to drain the oil through the oil pan. I'd recommend that you have someone run the pump and the other person hold the tube to the drain tube. Another option is to get a worm clamp and use that to hold the two tubes together.

There is a small tube with an adapter that is used to drain the v-drive and transmissions fluids/oils. Just take your time and have plenty of rags and towels. I also like to use the oil absorbent mats below the oil filter to catch any spills. One trick that a friend of mine uses is to take a small plastic container, like a butter or sour cream container, and put it under the oil filter as you remove it. Catches any drips and can be reused.

[Quinner]

Never had much luck myself with the electric pumps, have been using the suck-up for a while now and it has been great, clean and easy.
I have changed my oil on the lift using this pump, no problem, no need to get under the boat.
http://www.skidim.com/prodinfo.asp?number=SUC01
Put a plastic bag or similar around the filter as you remove and it will catch any drips.
Do not use standard Fram oil filters (they are junk) and be sure the old oil filter gasket comes off with the old filter before installing the new filter.
Motor oil + Filter should be changed every 50hrs and before layup, trans fluid every 100hrs (check your manual on that?) and before layup.

[lion90]

I was trying to figure out a solution to this very thing a couple months back and with the help of others, came up with a very clean solutions that sucks the oil out of the EZ Drain tube which attaches to the bottom of the oil pan rather than sucking it out of the dipstick.

Using this method, I drained all ~5 quarts out in under 5 minutes with no mess. Changing the oil filter is a breeze as it is easily accessible (use something to catch the drips as someone else mentioned). I used the Motorcraft filter.

Here is the thread where we discussed the solution and it shows the manual pump that I bought as well as the barbed fitting to put into the pump tube that attacheds to the EZ Drain tube.

http://www.planetnautique.com/index....ic&t=15180

[Red57Bird]

Never had much luck myself with the electric pumps, have been using the suck-up for a while now and it has been great, clean and easy.
I have changed my oil on the lift using this pump, no problem, no need to get under the boat.
http://www.skidim.com/prodinfo.asp?number=SUC01
Put a plastic bag or similar around the filter as you remove and it will catch any drips.
Do not use standard Fram oil filters (they are junk) and be sure the old oil filter gasket comes off with the old filter before installing the new filter.
Motor oil + Filter should be changed every 50hrs and before layup, trans fluid every 100hrs (check your manual on that?) and before layup.

There are several different models of electric pumps and I have used one of the cheap ones before. Borrowed it from a friend and it finally gave out while I was using it last year. I don't think it lasted 12 months. The one I referenced in my link above is a high-end unit that is commercial grade, and it works really well. I also drained the oil from the pan using the drain tube and that is definitely the way to go.