19 hours motoring - change oil and filter anyway?

[Momac]

Ordinarily I would say oil is cheaper than metal.
But 16hrs is so little, equivalent to about 500 miles in a car, I would not worry about leaving it.

 

[Gustywinds]

I have just changed the oil in our boat after 360 hours, six months after it was last done. I was being over cautious because I wanted to see how it was coping with being used on a very light load (we weer on canals and rivers) but also I wanted to see could do it comfortably myself. Ive taken a sample which I'm going to send to these guys Buy Online - The Oil Lab
Question: Do you guys buy your service consumables as a kit or as individual items? The boat came with a kit the previous owner had bought two years ago so I used that and am now buying to replace. The kit include an engine water pump impellor but the service schedule said "inspect" not "replace" and I could see absolutely nothing wrong with it so didn't change. Lowest price for kit I've found is 271 Euro.

 

[James_Calvert]

I've voted no.

But I was told once that the spring, before the season starts, is a good time to change the oil to remove any condensation that might have occurred over the winter.

It also seems unlikely that the current state of the oil will do any harm sitting in its sump over the winter.

Whatever, I suggest you buy the filters and oil so you have them to hand when you do decide to do the job.

 

[Momac]

Question: Do you guys buy your service consumables as a kit or as individual items? The boat came with a kit the previous owner had bought two years ago so I used that and am now buying to replace. The kit include an engine water pump impellor but the service schedule said "inspect" not "replace" and I could see absolutely nothing wrong with it so didn't change. Lowest price for kit I've found is 271 Euro.

I have bought a kits which were impeller/oil filter/fuel filter as they were good value at the time. I did want the Volvo Penta impellers.
I have usually bought filters a few at a time to make best use of offers like free delivery.

 

[Neeves]

I have bought a kits which were impeller/oil filter/fuel filter as they were good value at the time. I did want the Volvo Penta impellers.
I have usually bought filters a few at a time to make best use of offers like free delivery.

The impellers are standard for the pumps that are made by Johnson (?). Volvo just buys them, the pumps, in off the shelf, similarly the impellers.

The fuel and oil filters are also standard, just take them to someone like Halfords and they have a big file defining equivalent products (or the equivalent to Halfords does - here in Oz). If its important the alternate filters are not blue .

Jonathan

 

[Neeves]

The OP is being vague with his options.

On the one hand it might be implied that he wants to know if he should service now or just before the start of the next sailing period.

He is also implying he might delay further still into the, next, season.

And maybe he could delay even further as 19 engine hours is neither here nor there.

I'd normally service around 50 hours or 12 months (but we use our yachts 365), at his rate of usage that could be 3 years.

Jonathan

 

[justanothersailboat]

It seems potentially reasonable to change the oil (since the additives are said to have a time-limited life as well as a usage-limited life, and you can't tell if there is crud building up in the oil without taking it out anyway, and there is risk of damage if ignored) but not the filters (since you can visually inspect them and carry spares)?

 

[Sailing steve]

An oil change at the very least annually or half the recommended service hours for me.

New oil is way cheaper than a new engine

 

[WindyWindyWindy]

Just sell the boat if you're not using it.

 

[Crinan12]

The OP is being vague with his options.

On the one hand it might be implied that he wants to know if he should service now or just before the start of the next sailing period.

He is also implying he might delay further still into the, next, season.

And maybe he could delay even further as 19 engine hours is neither here nor there.

I'd normally service around 50 hours or 12 months (but we use our yachts 365), at his rate of usage that could be 3 years.

Jonathan

I was asking if I should change my oil and filter as normal at the end of this season (now) or just skip it entirely due to very little engine use and do it this time next year

Ta

 

[Neeves]

The votes seem to advise servicing now (waiting till this time next year seems a bit extreme (to me) - that suggests a 2 year service, assuming you changed the oil and filter this time last year.)

Jonathan

 

[pandos]

Question: Do you guys buy your service consumables as a kit or as individual items? The boat came with a kit the previous owner had bought two years ago so I used that and am now buying to replace. The kit include an engine water pump impellor but the service schedule said "inspect" not "replace" and I could see absolutely nothing wrong with it so didn't change. Lowest price for kit I've found is 271 Euro.

I have two engines. One is an old Volvo Penta, which was really a peugeot, I buy the original filter from a Volvo main dealer, which is a cheaper source than Chandlers or motor factors selling spurious parts.

Belts I usually get from a motor factors by bringing the original with me and finding an equivalent. Fuel filters on the Penta are all spin on, I usually try to get Bosch on Amazon.

My new boat has a Beta engine, which is a Kubota engine, I buy the filters for this from a main Kubota dealer which were about half the price of beta filters and cheaper than non beta equivalents from motor factors.

The Beta came with several sets of filters belts and impellers (all buried in the aft locker and discovered after I had done my first service) they looked as if a previous owner bought kits..

With 25 hours on my 3 month old oil I'll probably do an oil and filter change in January in preparation for next season engine takes 7.5 liters of oil. I'll turn it over a few times between now and then just to splash oil about inside..