That sounds like my scenario this last spring as I skipped the oil change last year (the engine had less than 10 hours) and I found the gearbox oil look fresh. I with the engine would do that too.
Brent Driedger s/v Wild Rover C&C 27-V On 2012-09-08, at 6:13 PM, Pat Nevitt wrote: > Thanks all for the advice. I was feeling bad that I had not changed the > transmission oil in about 20 months. I went to the boat today to do a number > of things including that. The unit I have is marked that it takes .25L. > That isn't much. I pulled the plug and dipstick out and my heart sunk as I > didn't see any fluid on it. So I put the stick back in and pulled it out > again. I Still didn't see anything so I pulled the end of the stick through > my fingers and was surprised that there was fluid on it. I inserted the > dipstick again and then brought it out of the lazarette and into the light > and laid in on a paper towel. It turns out that the level was perfect and the > oil is so clean that it looks like I just poured it out of the can. I started > thinking about it and since I changed the oil the last time I probably have > not run the engine and correspondingly the tranny for more than 20 hours > total. I'm sailing pretty much as soon as I leave the slip most of the time. > Bottom line if the tranny oil looks like new and is at the right level it is > probably ok for now. I'll change it when I put the boat in the water next > spring just because it is old. > > Pat Nevitt > Patriot > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
