How to check if oil has been replaced during maintenance

Hey Daka ... you know me well enough ... no argument, just commenting what I thought .. No prob.

My Perkins - some "dip-stick" in the past took the hand-pump of the side of the engine and plugged the hole. Luckily my drain plug is accessible and a half plastic container can just get under there. The dip-stick hole can be used by Pela as it is only slightly off vertical .. maybe 10 degrees. I also believe that Perkins tube is short of bottom because of some engines using low line sumps as against the deeper standard. I know when my engine was changed we were able to change sump over without any alterations etc. and mechanic mentioned this.

Gearboxes - like auto boxes on cars and steering systems on many - dip when engine running.

My gearbox manual has a warning about level taking - haven't got it handy, but remember a comment. It's a bog standard PRM hydraulic unit.
 
its a Volvo D3, the same as the 2.4l volvo car engine,
I was also wondering if this engine has a dip stick tube as long as the dip stick, but I don't know

thanks for posting !
 
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784 posts in three months /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
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I own the company's that I work. I have excellent managers and staff that only need my input when things go wrong. I can sit all day reading and posting !

Now we are in winter mode over here and ice is creeping along - so boating is over for 3 - 4 months now. What else to do ?
 
From a car engine perspective, changing oil in a petrol car will result in cleanish looking oil, in a diesel it looks black straight away.

MVP
 
Presumably you have an oil cooler, the minute Volvo run your engines that old oil in the pipes and cooler is going to mix and turn the new oil black. In my Landrover the oil will change from clean to black with just 10 miles of driving.

You could have a sample checked but it will be cheaper just to change it again yourself if your worried. How many hours did you do this year, possibly more important that the filter is changed because I doubt the oil will be at the end of its life even if it hasn't been changed.

Pete
 
OK ... Pete7 - oil is changed not only for being run and picking up various around the engine as it wears. But also for acids, alkalis, all sorts of moisture tendencies etc.

When an engine sits and is subjected to winter cold, warm up when run for a while to keep things "turned over" - it picks up all sorts of moisture tendencies. It's actually why IMHO oil is better changed after winter when temps rise. - BUt that is my personal view and not based on lab etc.

So point is oil may be ok in viscosity, but still damaging.

It also doesn't change the fact that I had same oil in my boat engine for 4 years running ! OOPs ! When it came out Viscosity was still good ! Blacker than black though ! And container soon had sed's appear in bottom ...
 
Yes I know, but marine engines in pleasure craft do what 100 hrs a year perhaps. They don't wear out they fail due to everything bolted on to them.

4 years without an oil change thats awful, we didn't change the oil last winter because it was still clear, but will do this year.

I work for the MOD, we see the opposite, engines serviced on time regardless of whether or not they need it. Just a waste.

Pete
 
I brought boat out here to Baltic from Solent, only then did I have engineer and myself do all the jobs that had been put off for ages.
The oil filter came of and we reckon had been bypassed for long time - it was solid.
Fuel filter that had been in place since I bought boat 8 yrs previous was surprisingly clear. ( /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif )

Like they say - never buy a mechanics car .... never look at hairdressers hair ... mmmmmmm !
 
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I work for the MOD, we see the opposite, engines serviced on time regardless of whether or not they need it. Just a waste.

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Overservicing maybe a waste but it does make engines last, a farmer friend of mine changes the oil on his Isuzu Trooper every month regardless. The Trooper is in almost constant use and the oil is easy to change, because they have it in 50gallon drums in a barn with a filling pump. Last time I saw it had done 750,000miles and sounded like a sewing machine, well as near as a diesel can sound like a sewing machine.
 
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Yes I know, but marine engines in pleasure craft do what 100 hrs a year perhaps. They don't wear out they fail due to everything bolted on to them.

4 years without an oil change thats awful, we didn't change the oil last winter because it was still clear, but will do this year.

I work for the MOD, we see the opposite, engines serviced on time regardless of whether or not they need it. Just a waste.

Pete

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I agree with you that oil will last a lot longer than specd, especially modern synthetic oil. But in my case, we did 140 hrs this season, and with the new engines we were supposed to replace oil at 50hrs which we didnt.
By replacing the oil now, by a official VP service center, I want to make sure that we get the extended warranty period of 2 years.
Moreover, by replacing oil you could detect eventual hidden problems, abnormal collor,(mayonaise fe) contamination, metal particels, ...
But my question is answered as I have been able to find scratches on the relevant screws, so these have been unscrewed / screwed.. (These are brand new engines)
And the new fuel filters are grey (the orrginal ones where white), so now I am convinced that the service has been done correctly.

thanks for posting !
 
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