Engine Lubricating Oil; Engine Oil Change - Westerbeke 8.0KW BTDAR Operator's Manual

ENGINE LUBRICATING OIL
LUBRICATlliN DIAGRAM
OIL PRESSURE
OIL PRESSURE
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SWITCH
OIL
OIL DRAIN-----'
OIL SCREEN
ENGINE OIL CHANGE
1.
Draining the Oil Sump.
Discharge the used oillhrough
the sump drain hose (attached to the front of the engine)
while the eugine is still warm. Drain the used oil completely.
replace the hose in its bracket. and replace the end cap
securely.
NOTE:
Thread size fo,- the lube Qil drain hose capped end is
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OIL DRAIN HOSE
2. Replacing the 011 Fl1ter.
When removing the used oil
filter, you may find it helpful and cleaner to punch a hole
in the upper and lower portion of the old filter to drain the
oil from it into a container before removing it. This helps
to lessen spillage. A small style automotive filter wrench
should be helpful in removing the old oil filter.
NOTE:
Do not punch this hole without first loosening the
filter to make certain it can be removed!
Place some paper towels and a plastic bag around the
filter when unscrewing it to catch any oil left in the filter.
(Oil or any other fluid on the engine reduces the engine's
cooling ability. Please keep your engine clean.) Inspect the
old oil filter as it is removed to make sure that the rubber
sealing gasket carne off with the old oil filter. If this
rubber sealing gasket remains sealed against the engine
block, gently remove it.
NOTE:
The engine oil
is
cooled by engine coolant
flowing through passages in the oil filter bracket
housing assembly.
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OIL FILTER ASSEMBLY • .
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SEALING GASKET
APPLY CLEAN ENGINE OIL
WHEN INSTALLING
TURN ON HANO TIGHT
When installing the new oil filter element, wipe the filter
gasket's ·sealing surface on the engine block free of oil and
apply a thin coat of clean engine oil to the rubber gasket
on the new oil filter. Screw the filter onto the Ihreaded oil
filter nipple, and then tighten the filter finnly by hand.
NOTE:
Generic filters are not recommended, as the
material standards o'r diameters of important items on
generic parts might be entirely different from genuine
parts. immediately after an oil filter change
and
oil fill,
run the engine to make sure the oil pressure is normal and
that there are no oil leaks around the new oil filter.
3. Filling the Oil Sump.
Add new oillhrough the oil filler
cap on the top of the engine or Ihrough the side oil filL
After refilling, run the engine for a few moments while
checking the oil pressure. Make sure there is no leakage
around the new oil filter or from the oil drain system, and
stop the engine. Then check the quantity of oil with the
lube oil dipstick. Fill to, but not over the high mark on
the dipstick, should the engine require additional oil.
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