Oil pump out

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RJL
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Oil pump out

Hi,

I have a '93 Catalina 36. At the bottom of the oil pan on the engine there is a hose that runs up along the engine and is capped off with a screw on cap. I gather this hose is intended to be attached to a pump to cleanly pump out the old oil when doing an oil change. Does anyone know of a pump that connects to this hose? I'd love to be able to take advantage of this feature. 

Bob Longo
Transcendent, 1993 Catalina 36 Mk. 1.5, hull 1237
Raleigh, NC

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This is a very handy tube that is simply a convenient extension to the oil pan.  Most of the oil pumps come with various size tubes that will snake far enough into the oil pan to suck out most of the oil (about a quart seems to remain).  There is no special fitting.  After you remove the nut the tube from the pump just slips in like a straw. 

Here are a couple of options:
https://www.westmarine.com/buy/west-marine--manual-oil-changer-6-9-quart--11047123
https://www.defender.com/product.jsp?id=2351557

MIke

Jackfish Girl, 1999, C36 MKII, Tall Rig, Wing Keel, In-mast furling, Monument Beach, Bourne, MA

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We use an electric drill attached to an inexpensive transfer pump, hooked up directly to that hose:    We found a brass fitting with the correct thread size to fit onto the end of the fitting at the end of the hose (from the bottom of the oil pan) with a barb on the other end to fit the hose pump.  The hose at other end of the pump goes into an old gallon jug (save one from the last oil change, or a milk jug).  

We formerly used one of those vacuum pumps with a hose that was stuck down the dipstick hole, but found a) it was slow, b) no matter how careful, it tended to make more of a mess in the galley, and c) the whole pump would get oily on the outside, had to be wrapped up in heavy plastic bags for transport in the car to be taken to a waste oil dropoff, and then washed down.    The drill pump hooked up to that drain hose method is much more compact and less of a mess.
 

Matthew Chachère
s/v ¡Que Chévere!
(Formerly 1985 C36 MKI #466 tall rig fin keel M25)
2006 Catalina Morgan 440 #30.
Homeported in eastern Long Island, NY

RJL
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Thanks to you both. I like the drill pump idea best.  I'll post what I end up doing and the result. 

Bob Longo
Transcendent, 1993 Catalina 36 Mk. 1.5, hull 1237
Raleigh, NC

RJL
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Thanks to you both. I like the drill pump idea best.  I'll post what I end up doing and the result. 

Bob Longo
Transcendent, 1993 Catalina 36 Mk. 1.5, hull 1237
Raleigh, NC

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