Noob Oil questions - 2012 PCM343

[Crjcarr]

About to embark on my first oil-change for my 2012 210 SANTE, have a couple questions:

- PCM manual recommends 15w40, which is proving hard to find. The only oil I can find at walmart/kragan/etc says "For Diesel Engines" on it, which is making me nervous. Does it make a difference if I go with the oil marked for diesel or should I keep looking for non-diesel 15w40?

- the manual says to snake the oil drain hose out the bilge hole. I tried to get mine out the main drain hole but it's not long enough. Is there another hole closer to the engine that I'm missing?

- roughly how many quarts should I be expecting to put in? I've heard somewhere between 4-5 quarts, just wanted to see what others are experiencing so I purchase enough oil. (I don't keep my boat close to my house so I want to get this right in one trip out there.)

[Nautiquehunter]

I use Mobil 1 15w50 in all my boats with a K&N or Mobil 1 filter. It takes 5 qts. The oil drain is located under the small hatch under the rear seat you have to snake the hose under the trans close to the hull. It drains slow I start the night before and let it drain overnight.

[jmo]

I run castrol GTX 15w-40 in my Excalibur engine and am quite happy with it - it says for usage in both gasoline and Diesel engines on it if you read the fine print.

[AirTool]

Read this on the oil.
For volume, only put in the same volume as you drained out and then check it.
There are MANY threads on oil changes.

http://www.planetnautique.com/vb3/sh...5902-Motor-Oil

[LKN210]

Rotella 15w-40 for my Excalibur 330. Same as I use on the Duramax diesel. Recommended by White Lake as well.

[jmo]

I run castrol GTX 15w-40 in my Excalibur engine and am quite happy with it - it says for usage in both gasoline and Diesel engines on it if you read the fine print.

Actually, this is not the best oil to use for the Excalibur, I forgot I changed to Rotella 15w40 last fall since is has the SM rating, the Castrol GTX is only rated to SJ standards.