maxum2400sc
Petty Officer 3rd Class
- Joined
- Jul 6, 2009
- Messages
- 76
Ok here?s the deal. We went to take the boat out today. I was about 400' from the dock and my low oil alarm started sounding. The gauge read zero pressure; I turned the engine off and threw the anchor in. I looked in the engine compartment and the bottom of the hull was filled with oil. I added a qt. of oil and putted back to the dock, my pressure gauge read 20-40.
What is going on?!?!?!
A little history: I changed the oil at the beginning of the season. On the bottom of the oil pan there is a hose that you pull through the boat drain hole and empty your oil that way. It seemed not to have been used in a while since it wasn?t close to the drain hole and it was a pain to get and feed it through the drain hole. I changed the oil and then changed the filter.
For the past couple months I have noticed some residual oil in the hull. I assumed this was from when I removed the filter (I accidently lost almost all the oil in the filter into the haul). I check the oil regularly after and hadn?t notice much of any drop.
The engine is a 2003 Mercruiser 5.0 MPI. Has anyone heard of this? Any starting points to track the leak down? I am thinking that it is somewhere in the oil drain line, as I never noticed any oil the year before until I used the drain hose this season.
I have attached a pic from the bottom of the oil pan of what seems to be a swivel hose connection. Can I remove the swivel? If so how and can I replace it with a regular oil pan plug?
What are your thoughts? Need help!!!!!!!
What is going on?!?!?!
A little history: I changed the oil at the beginning of the season. On the bottom of the oil pan there is a hose that you pull through the boat drain hole and empty your oil that way. It seemed not to have been used in a while since it wasn?t close to the drain hole and it was a pain to get and feed it through the drain hole. I changed the oil and then changed the filter.
For the past couple months I have noticed some residual oil in the hull. I assumed this was from when I removed the filter (I accidently lost almost all the oil in the filter into the haul). I check the oil regularly after and hadn?t notice much of any drop.
The engine is a 2003 Mercruiser 5.0 MPI. Has anyone heard of this? Any starting points to track the leak down? I am thinking that it is somewhere in the oil drain line, as I never noticed any oil the year before until I used the drain hose this season.
I have attached a pic from the bottom of the oil pan of what seems to be a swivel hose connection. Can I remove the swivel? If so how and can I replace it with a regular oil pan plug?
What are your thoughts? Need help!!!!!!!