I moved my boat to its winter home yesterday and then tried to change to oil after I arrived. I had no issues along the way- engine stayed cool and ran smoothly. However, I got almost no oil out of the pan and the dipstick showed it was below the low point. I am thankful that this did not destroy my engine but now have to figure out what to do. I noticed some oil in the bilge in the spring so cleaned up and put 2 oil absorbing sheets in the space under the engine and one in the bilge. My boat came from the PO with a hose attached to the oil pan drain plug so I could remove the cap from the hose and run a thin tube into the hose to suck the oil out. I thought that I had not tightened the drain plug under the oil pan when I changed the oil last year and thought that was the cause of the leak. The pads under the engine now have oil in them and I added a quart of oil to the engine a month ago when I checked and it was low. It is still possible that the drain is the source of the leak, but the leak is slow enough that I am having trouble verifying the actual site. Has anyone had this problem with a Universal M4-30 or similar engine? Of course I am concerned that I might be burning the oil, but the pads underneath with oil in them leads me to think it is a leak. Still, I am not sure I can account for several missing quarts of oil in the pads. Dave
Aries 1990 C&C 34+ New London, CT
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