chyanke
New Member
- May 2, 2012
- 7
- Boat Info
- 2004 Sea Ray 280 Sundancer
- Engines
- Twin MerCruiser 5.0 MPI w/ Bravo III
Check to see if you have an oil drain hose attached to the oil pan. Mine did and I just shoved the hose out the drain plug hole and empted into a bucket. No mess inside the boat. I think they came from the factory with them. I have not worked on a 280 but with the smaller engine room than my 300 you may have not seen them. I had to get down low in the eng room to find them.
Indeed, as I stated in the question, item 1)...I have the remote drain hose line but instead of routing it out the back bilge drain hole and waiting an hour for it to all drain out, I rigged up my electric Jabsco to the end of the line and it sucks out the oil in under a minute. Even with this method, I still only get out 3.5qts.