5.7 Volvo penta oil drain kit

Ocho26

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I have the motor with the dipstick on the outside of the engine. And want to be able to drain my oil out the bottom with a tube attachment I can stick out the plug hole. I had these on my other boats in the past but never had this kind of dipstick. Anyone have any ideas or know of an attachment I can buy or use??
 

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Ayuh,.... Welcome Aboard,..... Is there a drain plug on the bottom of yer oil pan,..??

What motor have you got,..??
 

Ocho26

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5.7. And if you remove the plug the dipstick attachment falls out also. That's the problem
 

Lou C

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Leave it as it is and use a proper vacuum pump with a garden hose adapter; I have this same system on my OMC and have been changing oil that way for over 20 years…if you use the right pump & technique it sucks all the oil out of the engine in 5-7 minutes…
 

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They make adapters to run both the dipstick and a drain plug
 

Ocho26

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Leave it as it is and use a proper vacuum pump with a garden hose adapter; I have this same system on my OMC and have been changing oil that way for over 20 years…if you use the right pump & technique it sucks all the oil out of the engine in 5-7 minutes…
Garden hose adapter??
 

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Oil pan adapter.

its item 34 in the diagram 1747215369112.png

You need a different oil pan adapter and a remote drain kit

You may need to have the motor out to get to the fitting on the bottom of the oil pan. to me, that level of work is not worth the one time a year to drain the oil unless you have the motor out for other reasons.

it is up to you to do the research to the thread type on the current oil pan adapter where the dipstick tube attaches, as Volvo used 3 different adapters over the years. I personally would simply drill and tap the other side of the fitting for the 1/4" npt needed for the drain hose.

the pan side of the adapter is 1/2-20 threads. the hose side of the adapter will be 1/4" npt, or 3/8" npt, or AN-4 or AN-6 or M12 depending on what kit you get. the dipstick side of the fitting is going to be NPT or Metric ORB port depending on the specific dipstick

you can get hose kits nearly anywhere. like here https://www.summitracing.com/parts/edm-210-30. or go to a hydraulic shop and get a hose made

if you are expecting someone to give you an 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it doesnt exist. there is no off-the-shelf one-size-fits all kit that will work, especially for volvo penta motors as they changed the adapter a few times over the years, and you never stated which exact version of the 100+ 5.7 liter motors you have.

however there are off-the-shelf hose kits, and once you determine which adapter you have, you can get the appropriate oil pan adapter with the correct threads to fit both the dipstick and the remote drain hose kit.
 
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Most of the vacuum suction pumps made have a small hose that will fit down into the dipstick tube or you can go with a larger diameter hose and buy a barbed garden hose attachment and screw it to the larger diameter ring around the dipstick tube. I have used both methods and generally prefer the smaller diameter tube.
 

Lou C

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If your garden hose adapter (don’t forget it has to have a gasket!) makes a good seal with the threaded fitting on the top of the dipstick tube it will suck the oil out much faster than the small tube down the dipstick tube….
 
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