I think he was plagiarizing some old Englishman.
Joe Valinoti
S/V iL Gatto NS30U #221
Sea Harbour YC
Oriental, NC USA
Actually, did the oil change on my new Beta20 in my 26C last week. Really easy, no drips!
- Oil filter - used a Yoghurt tub (1/2 litre??) under the oil filter, removed filter, dropped the filter in, new filter on (flange oiled), wiped a drip of excess oil off the flange when tightened, no muss, no fuss.
- Oil pump - about 1 foot (40cm) cheap 1/2" ID hose (disposed afterwards) on pump outlet (just pushed on) and into old jugs. I did not remove the oil cap, but maybe I should have. Only issue here was a bit of a leak around the oil pump plunger, but a bit of paper towel did wonders mopping the odd drip off before it went down the side of the built-on pump.
- New oil in. Have a 500ml oil putter-inner, which has a valve and hose. Fill it maybe 70-80% full, place it in position, turn TOP 90 degrees, wait for a bubble in the oil fill line. Repeat until dipstick is showing ok.
The hardest part is always pulling out the spring steel dipstick and reading it. Two hands, a bit of rag, it has to turn 90 degrees so have to watch that the bitter end does not “twang” and put a spot of oil on the starboard side of the engine bay. Got that down to a black art.
Dead easy. The oil filler putter-inner looks very much like the following:
https://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/measuring-funnel-0283336p.html#srp
Mine is an older model, but should work the same. I hold the top against the ceiling, and rotate it 90 degrees to turn off/on the funnel.
The oil-putter-inner worked with the original W13, but the filter location and dipstick location caused some mess. (it took me a LONG TIME to figure out how to put the dipstick back in on my W13 - got good but always a bit messy)
The toughest part was actually finding 15W40 oil, every place is on back order. COVID is the excuse given. The parts store, when they eventually got it in, the guy told me “we could have sold this 5 times over”. I owe them some Tim Hortons Timbits or something more up-scale…
John Stewart
NS26C 046 Bath ON.
Thanks, John, for the info on changing oil on your Beta 20! Sounds pretty easy.
Any advice on changing impellers on this engine?
Howard Wright
NS26C Merrythought
Friday Harbor WA
John,
I use a 6" length of 1/2" clear plastic hose fitted on the end of the pump for draining. After use I plug both ends of the hose with paper towel for reuse at the next oil change. It lives next to the raw water intake.
My Dad’s solution to refilling with oil was to tell me “pour it in the engine not on it”. He had a higher skill set than I do so too bought the Canadian Tire “Oil Filler Putter-Inner” (reg. Trade Mark).
I have conducted a search of oil filters that are suppose to be replacements for the stock Beta filter. One of the ones I found listed was the Fram PH3593A. I had one left over from my W13 so gave it a try. It would not fit. The body was too wide. The Mobil M1-108 fits.
Mark Powers
To facilitate changing my oil annually, I have attached a 1/4" ball valve to the end of the line coming from the bottom of the oil pan on my W27 (see attached photo and forgive the rust…). I have also attached a 1/4" male fitting to the extraction hose on the oil pump. I use only a small brass oil pump commonly found at hardware and marine stores. I connect the pump hose to the ball valve, turn the handle on the ball valve and pump the oil into a container. Gets virtually all the oil out other than what is in the oil filter. When done, I close the ball valve, replace the male fitting as shown in the picture, and attach the cap [which was originally on the line coming from the oil pan] to the hose to the oil pump. Certainly a vast improvement over trying to remove it through the oil dipstick. Generally, no drips, other than when you get too aggressive pumping and the pump decides to pop a rubber housing with the attendant mess to clean up (this of course has never happened to me…LOL)
I add oil using the Canadian Tire “Oil Filler Putter-Inner” that Mark alludes to, which I attach with a bungee to a grabrail by the companionway. Works fine as trying to add oil from a container over top of the engine is nearly impossible and results in language generally considered inappropriate!
James W. Stanley
Annie 11-N30U No. 378 (1987)
Chester, Nova Scotia
WIX. The cross ref from Westerbeke is
Westerbeke
36918
WIX
51334
https://www.wixfilters.com/Lookup/InterchangeMultiSearch.aspx?q=36918&o=me
I get them off Ebay by the Dozen @ $10 USD
Larry,
were you asking about use on the Beta 20 or the Westerbeke 21?
Mark Powers