I also wrapped a piece of tape around the hose, unfortunately it came off and slid down the dipstick tube. I had to remove the oil pan to retrieve it. Some sort of marker might be safer.
Jim Watts Paradigm Shift C&C 35 Mk III Victoria, BC On Sun, 31 Oct 2021 at 14:44, John Christopher via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > I had the same issue and surprise. In my case I was pushing too much of > the extract hose down the dipstick opening and it would coil up in the pan > where the opening of the hose was not facing / touching the bottom of the > pan. It could have also run up the side of the pan internally (too small to > see :)) > > I straightened my extract hose and pushed it down and got all of the oil > out (4.5 liters). > > My extract hose is a little stiff so all I did was tape a s screw driver > on the end for weight, held it up and used my heat gun. I cooled it off > with a wet rag. > > I also wrapped a piece of tape around the extract hose so next time I know > :). > > > /John > LF 38, #155, Ontario > > On Oct 31, 2021, at 5:31 PM, G Gao via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > > Universal Diesel 5424 here. According to the manual, this engine has 5.6QT > of engine oil. Last season and today, both times I use oil extractor > through the dipstick hole, could only get a little over 3 quarters out. > > Is this normal, or am I not doing it right? > > thx in advance. > > Bo > > > -- > 1974 C&C 35 MK2 > Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with > the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks > - Stu > > Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with > the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks > - Stu
Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu
