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<blockquote data-quote="Pappy" data-source="post: 405020" data-attributes="member: 3278"><p>One thing I really do not care for on the 4-stroke engines is the messy oil change procedure. Really messy! </p><p>Remove the oil filter and the filter drains all over the place in the motor pan forcing a clean-up. Before you can clean it up the oil is drooling all over the mid-section as it is draining out of the pan through the drains. </p><p>The crankcase oil drain locations on the side won't leave you with warm fuzzies either and normally drools down the mid-section at some point. Not bashing them by any means as coming up with a great alternative would be difficult and expensive. </p><p>On the Etec, I could not stand to run the same gearcase oil for 300 hours. It would be changed at 20 and seasonally after that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pappy, post: 405020, member: 3278"] One thing I really do not care for on the 4-stroke engines is the messy oil change procedure. Really messy! Remove the oil filter and the filter drains all over the place in the motor pan forcing a clean-up. Before you can clean it up the oil is drooling all over the mid-section as it is draining out of the pan through the drains. The crankcase oil drain locations on the side won't leave you with warm fuzzies either and normally drools down the mid-section at some point. Not bashing them by any means as coming up with a great alternative would be difficult and expensive. On the Etec, I could not stand to run the same gearcase oil for 300 hours. It would be changed at 20 and seasonally after that. [/QUOTE]
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