Jeff, You don't need to pump it. I have a similar setup on my 5874. I lay the hose in a shallow pan on the cabin floor, unscrew the fitting on the end of the hose and let it drain. I use a pan that is sold to change oil in cars. I have notched it to get the hose lower in the pan, don't need all of that volume.
I use a zip lock bag around the oil filter when I take it off, catches about 95% of the leakage. John Emmerich 5874 > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of jeff mourer > Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2006 10:06 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: catalina27-talk: oil changing on universal 18 > > > i'm a recent owner and am about to embark on my first oil change. > have an > elec. pump that i was going to use to pump out thru the dip stick > tube. but > in looking at the engine noted that the bottom of the oil pan has > a fitting > with a hose attached that is run up forward and capped. looks > like i could > use this to get the oil out although the fitting on the end doesn't look > like a natural fit to my pump. > > anybody got the same thing on their u18 and how do you get the oil out? > > thanks, > > jeff > c27-5743 > zapadu >
