I bought a 12v suction pump from Amazon. It takes MOST of the oil out but it's always worth taking the drain plug out as well, to make sure every drop of oil is drained out. Plus it makes less mess in the engine bilge. Take special care of the dipstick as they are about £50 each!!. PRM say run the engine out of gear for 15 minutes prior to draining the oil out. I like your method of checking the oil level...very handy tip!!
Perfect timing to put the video up as I'm about to change my gearbox oil and could find no video anywhere elsewhere about how to do it. I even rang PRM to ask whether they did a video, but no they don't ?!. So many thanks !
@@robtheplod Thanks for your reply, it's appreciated. I'm planning to do both my Beta 43 and PRM 150 oil change this weekend. And will let you know how it goes ! (via your email link if that's ok) . Many thanks
I bought a 12v suction pump from Amazon. It takes MOST of the oil out but it's always worth taking the drain plug out as well, to make sure every drop of oil is drained out. Plus it makes less mess in the engine bilge. Take special care of the dipstick as they are about £50 each!!. PRM say run the engine out of gear for 15 minutes prior to draining the oil out. I like your method of checking the oil level...very handy tip!!
You don’t need to wind the dip stick in,just put it in and if it reads half full without screwing in it actually full 🤔😉👍
I thought I knew it all , but no - picked up some great tips here , top notch video.
Hi Bernard thanks so much for watching, glad it helped! Rob
Good vlog. Thank you.
You're very welcome!
Some great tips especially measuring the oil level and drip tray. Solid DIY vlog. Cheers
thanks Will, and that is thanks indeed coming from the master of DIY boat maintenance himself! :)
Great tips in here, much appreciated 🙏
Glad it was helpful!
Perfect timing to put the video up as I'm about to change my gearbox oil and could find no video anywhere elsewhere about how to do it. I even rang PRM to ask whether they did a video, but no they don't ?!. So many thanks !
That's very kind of you - I hope it was useful. Shame its all blurry but i thought it gave the basics! Have you got a PRM 150 also?
@@robtheplod Thanks for your reply, it's appreciated. I'm planning to do both my Beta 43 and PRM 150 oil change this weekend. And will let you know how it goes ! (via your email link if that's ok) . Many thanks
@@martinalmaazul5319 Hope it all goes well.... Got to service my engine again soon also!
I suck mine out with a £10 12v oil pump from Lidl 😊