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4.5
I have a pair of SeaDoos with the Supercharged 4Tec Motors. I don’t mind maintenance tasks, but like many folks, I have a busy schedule and would prefer to just be out on the water versus watching oil slowly drain for a half hour. I’m also completely over the $5 Harbor Freight hand pump solution for changing oil in any marine engine.I got this pump/bucket contraption and went to work changing the oil. The provided tubing perfectly fits the modern SeaDoo dipstick. I made no changes or alterations to the hose. However, I did use a sharp knife and make a scratch mark 18.75 inches from the end of the extraction tube. I did this so I could determine the correct amount of hose to insert in the dipstick. You could also easily use a zip tie for this purpose.The supplied electrical cables also required no modification. My SeaDoos (‘18 GTR-Xs) were on a dual trailer and I was able to put the bucket on the ground, connect the electrical to the battery and put the extraction tube in the dipstick with plenty of hose and electrical to move around easily.Results: This pump emptied each SeaDoo of oil in about 2.5 minutes. Granted the proper change procedure from SeaDoo states you should turn the engine over 10 seconds at a time in drown mode to flood more oil to the sump. (Remove extraction tube for this procedure) I did until I saw no more oil extracted (four times).Once I had the oil all extracted, it was easy to pour the old oil into the recycle bin and seal it back up for the next use.One thing to note is the pump is mounted on an offset on the lid. This makes carrying the bucket by the handle awkward at best. The pump wants to rapidly flip the bucket over. When you have a gallon or two of oil in the bucket this is no longer an issue, but it’s worthy of noting.Also, I was concerned this pump would literally kill the onboard battery. To test this theory I extracted the oil from both skis using only one Doo’s battery. No issues resulted. The Doo had plenty of power to start right up.
