How to change the oil on a Nordhavn 43 (pssst...it's EASY)!!!

Have you ever wondered how easy or difficult it is to change the oil and oil filters on a Nordhavn 43? Well, Elizabeth thought it sounded pretty easy so she attempts to change things herself with only a LITTLE help from Shawn. All in all, this 3-step process is pretty easy although not as speedy of a job as she thought.
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[@williamcallaway2245]

Elizabeth you are a dear. I enjoyed the video and your channel is just fabulous. I have followed you all nearly six months and have enjoyed every trip. Take care and thanks so much.

[@mmanut]

Best maintenance you can do to your engines, CHANGE THE OIL OFTEN. I've seen so many boat owners neglect this and wonder why they have engine failure. NICE JOB‼️👍. Vinny 🇺🇸

[@chasl3443]

Absolutely not boring for us land bound wanna-bees. Keep the maintenance videos coming!

[@-MrRichBiker1967]

Shawn ..you have a beautiful setup, let alone wife, that was a great idea installing that oil pump, did you do all the work? that must have been a heaven sent, I didn't know the procedure was so entailed. Material alone, expensive hobby but I'm sure it's worth it, I want to compliment you guys on the cleanliness It looks like you can eat off the floors in that engine room, and that's the way it should be , all mechanical rooms should be battleship grey, clean!

[@ReversoPumps]

Nice work, Shawn and Elizabeth!

[@svtelos4726]

For horizontal or inverted vertical oil filters; after the 'warm up' period; poke a hole in the uppermost portion of the filter. a punch or a simple nail will suffice. This drains the remaining oil 'locked' in the filter to the sump. Then bag the filter and remove. there should be practically no oil remaining to spill. :)

[@petesheppard1709]

Besides saving money, there's the satisfaction of doing your own mx. Of course, on a boat, it's also an essential safety skill! I've found that an end-cap filter fitting that is turned with a ratchet is invaluable for changing the oil filter on my truck; the filter is in a very tight spot where there's no space for a strap type filter wrench.

[@harvey604journeyman8]

Maintenance on a boat / truck / car etc. if it is within your comfort and skill levels, is a great way to save for other upgrades that need attention. I look forward to any and all fix/maintenance videos that you guys care to share with us. Fair winds and calm seas to MV Freedom.

[@robnee3313]

I have wanted a Nordhavn for the last 27 years ( I'm 60 now, doesn't seem likely at this point...)! I started with the 46's and now yearn for a 43. This is the coolest Nordhavn video I have ever scene; I feel I can live vicariously through you two. To get to see the maintenance and operation of systems I've only fantasized about is quite a thrill! Thank you so very much for posting this.

[@donvaledon1]

I do not ever change the Oil on my car but it was great watching someone do it!

[@markodaniell2066]

Brilliant video love to see more maintenance videos of you guys

[@Qbus]

You should do more videos like this! Maintenance videos as equally as important sailing videos if you ask me. So please keep them coming :)

[@barryyoung5022]

Great job Elizabeth! I think it’s amazing that you took a interest in the oil change as it shows us viewers that your not afraid to take on any task. Keep up the great videos.

[@mvfreedom]

Barry Young thanks! I’m trying to get more proficient on the technical side of the boat so I can give Shawn a breather every once and a while. Although he usually prefers to do everything himself 😉

[@jgutten]

I never warm the engine up prior to the oil change. The oil filter won't have oil in it and doesn't make a mess. You get the oil out of the engine at room temperature easily. No need to warm. New subscriber. Love your videos. Another tip....use Dow Compound 4 on the oil filter seal, DC 4 available from Amazon. The seals will never cook onto the engine. We use DC 4 on aircraft engines all the time.

[@stevekomorous3864]

You guys are so neat and clean. Your boat is immaculate and so well decorated. The best looking 43 Nordhavn out there!! Bravo and great video.

[@ronnchase4872]

Boring? How could ANYTHING on MV freedom be boring. Nice Sunday morning vid. Give Sandy a smooch for me.

[@mvfreedom]

Ronn Chase thanks Ronn will do 🐶😉

[@jrp616]

Great video. The most impressive part, was Elizabeth doing an oil change without getting a drop on her dressy clothes. I have a special set of already trashed clothes used only for oil changes. Luv your boat, I'm a Nordhavn 60 wannabe

[@captainrick9379]

Love the maintenance videos! Thanks for sharing!

[@FMTFXE22]

I saw this one before and decided to watch it again. Your videos are the best for future Nordhavn owners. Stick to your plan of living and loving your Nordhavn life. They are oh so inspiring.

[@4freki]

Wow, that’s one clean engine room ! May your seas be flat and you’re spirits high.

[@donaldbrown7746]

Thanks for doing this video... It was very informative... You are making my decision to purchase a Nordhavn easy...

[@mvfreedom]

Donald Keith Brown the decision is a no brainer! #buyanordhavn 👍

[@mitchadkins3831]

Your a lucky man Shawn, I’d trade you in a minute. Thanks for the video. It takes us away for awhile.

[@billhayward1585]

enjoy your channel. Even the oil changes. I must say hiding Mr Sully's knotty bits with pixels is about the funniest thing I've ever scene! Didn't think he was that shy. or was it a Utube rule, about gifted dogs showing off their gear.

[@mvfreedom]

Bill Hayward lol no his mommy is just very protective of his privacy 😉

[@dwdtube1111]

Great tutorial guys. Cudos to the cleanness of the engine room. Love your video's. Geertings from V-Island.

[@meisbepat]

Thanks guys! I enjoy your technical videos.

[@Sirena_Edonismo]

Okay Elizabeth, I used to think that you were an amazing woman, but now that I see that you can also change oil, I really think you are the woman of my dreams. If you ever decide to trade Shawn in for an older, less attractive and not as cool a guy, give me a call. LOL On a serious note I really love the way you guys communicate. Trying to teach someone to do mechanical things like changing the oil can be stressful at best. Shawn is a wonderful, calm instructor and the way you both work together on the boat is a thing of beauty. I won't be holding my breath for your call. 😊

[@jandejong8209]

Hi, i watched your video, glad to see you change your oil yourself. By the way i noticed your Racor fuel filters don t have the required stainless bowls at the bottom. It is a uscg requirement,min case of fire, the stainless shield will protect the plastic bowl from direct heat from a flame. You should be able to buy the stainless shields from a local Parker or West marine store. Kind of surprised Northhavndoesnt install those as standard equipment.

[@chriscarter6139]

Lmfao , seeing first thing you have your dogs privates put into privacy pixels made my day ....that was the funniest thing I’ve seen in a long time .... thanks.

[@petelepage27]

Love it!! Your attention to details is Outstanding! Keep up the good work Guy’s!!

[@billvandenouden7302]

It's nice to see the great clean engine compartment on your boat it's kind of way I keep mind people don't understand it's not all fun on the boat lots of Maintenance great video double thumbs up Vegas Bill piece

[@johnturner2175]

A good idea that all auto manufacturers do is add a magnet to the inside of the oil pan. You can do the same getting a little stronger magnet and attach it to the outside bottom of the oil pan. What can save you are scared cylinder walls. Just a thought.

[@khoatran9482]

I have the the pneumatic version of your hand oil pump. Consider getting one it's great! You just hook up an airline and it pumps it for you.

[@farmove_de]

Why should the vid be boring??? It's make me so much more jealous - first the Seattle area and now such a big engineroom with a electric oilpump 🤩 Really cool stuff !!! Maybe you can do a tec-vid sometimes? Please!

[@jeffslaven]

I've heard this was easy on the Nordhavn's. Soooo much easier than adjusting the stabilizers! Great tech tip video guys!

[@barrygoffe]

really enjoyed that video. the yachties equivalent of asmr...

[@MrCanadiandad]

Hahahaha....loved the pixelated private parts of the little guy. Such modesty! Thanks for keeping it "G-rated" guys!!

[@jgriff3218]

Love the maintenance videos. You have a John Deere main engine and yet my John Deere tractor has a yanmar engine.

[@earnestmetz9834]

Good video, especially for us engine guys. I'm surprised you didn't prefill the filter on the main engine, since it's vertical. I assume the John Deere is plain main and rod bearings, so prefilling insures there is no interruption in oil flow while the filter is refilling.

[@dgeorge852]

In the grocery business in my dad's stores, the markup had to be 55% minimum in order to make a 30% profit. Of course that includes all the expenses like employee pay, utilities, building, etc. I use to work at an auto garage and material markup was the same. Plus "MISCELLANEOUS" items such as gaskets, screws, cleaning material, trips to get parts, etc. often 5% of the parts bill. (total rip off) Then there was the labor. There was an actual book that shows what time it takes for a good mechanic to do a particular job. Then you take that time to another book and that book will give you cross reference of time vs price you want to set. Those two books will give you the invoice to give to the customer. Back in the 60's we also charged by what the customer wanted. example: We do GOOD work. We do FAST work. We do CHEAP work. THE CUSTOMER GETS TO CHOOSE TWO OF THE ABOVE. THEN WE GET TO CHOOSE THE THIRD. And the owner was serious about it. We could do a FOOD CHEAP job. But it will take a VERY LONG TIME. or We could do a GOOD FAST job. but it is NOT going to be cheap. The owner could have been a multi millionaire, but he was a drunk and would gamble on just about everything.

[@WashingtonTuna]

Excellent and a ship shape engine room.

[@michaelrhodes6033]

Appreciate this one, I can see an emptying line does benefit. Have you a vlog of engine checks whilst running.

[@manuelcastro1103]

I'm an old Gear Head, This was good. You Rock ELizabeth. With I could get my girls to do that. Wife is a major Nerd, (Boeing) Daughter is a Girly Girl. Masters in progress .

[@30shandala]

Shawn, I think there’s a valve on the side of that hand fluid evacuator you’ve got-reverse it to dump the contents into your waste container. Mine is an up/down plunger. I had to buy one for a specific job a couple months ago and had been unfamiliar with them, but was surprised by how well it worked. Apologies if you were aware-

[@alisavas9526]

Wow it's so clean you can eat off that engine bay. Very informative video. It inspired me to change my car engine oil :-) Thanks for sharing

[@garypoltonowicz7950]

Love the maintenance videos! Great job

[@Quadman72]

Now the 1st Mate can claim the Title of 2nd Engineer too!

[@RolandLowhorn]

Very good maintenance video. I like the fact that you had lady involved with what you were doing I think it's a man's responsibility Share knowledge make sure his female family members know everything . Danger is not knowing how to do something

[@michae8jackson378]

Great info! Thank you! The look at the beginning Elizabeth on your face.....Shawn are you sure!? Lol

[@Greggspies]

Like the drain pump system, can drill hole in filters stick ice-cream box underneath

[@louisdrummond7874]

Great video. Thanks!

[@johnwalden9769]

Very informative, Thank you guys,

[@markduncan6690]

" Cool Hand Shawn"! Your a smart " cookie" Elizabeth .Your up to bat next!

[@johnturner2175]

Follow up next oil change after you warm up remove the magnets and strain the old oil.

[@sailinstyle]

Shouldn't you press Stop before turning the key off? And the tach on the wing engine looks a little sketchy at idle speed.

[@jeffreybaba4155]

I like that plastic bag trick😊

[@anthonycbrown1952]

Shawn is a scary dude.... He appears very meticulous in the processes he performs YET he exudes a calm / serenity that one does not usually see with this character trait. Elizabeth, is it the cigars or do you having a calming effect on everyone around you? Loved the video.

[@Lighthouse6b]

Where do you buy those containers for the old oil? The look cheaper than the yellow diesel containers. I usually carry a smaller container of diesel for topping off the Racors when replacing filters.

[@jgriff3218]

You leave the boat in the water for the winter, off season? How often and when do you pull freedom out the the water for bottom and sea cock maintenance?

[@garrym09]

Wow, you defiantly need the wing engine tied into the removal pump, as well a hot rodeos trick would be a remote mounted oil filter assembly for that horizontal oil filter. Great Video love the maintenance how too.

[@kevinborders1546]

My wife wants to change oil now:)

[@jaquigreenlees]

It makes sense not to use the refill function when you are working with single gallon containers of new oil. The only time it really makes sense to use it is if you are buying the 5 gallon / 20 liter buckets of oil. Though those have the benefit of the empty bucket to use for draining into next time.

[@davidmiller6020]

Hi Guys, I am a New subscriber. enjoying the show. question, 200 hours seems a very short service interval, not even 10 days continuous running. is that correct? D

[@adelarsen9776]

Great little video. I enjoyed that, thank you :-)

[@yoy58913]

The engine room is so spacious comfortable to work around engine

[@keithmoser1495]

Oh my GOD! DID KZbin make you blank out your dogs wingding? Or did you do this??

[@mvfreedom]

Keith Moser lol no we did, he’s a very modest little boy 🐶

[@samanthas1dad]

@@mvfreedom must not be so little....lol

[@jangles55]

Do you ever run your boat around with just the kicker just to keep it in tip top shape?

[@markvolker1145]

*She seem like the type of person you could convince that it is important to check the "Blinker fluid" when you do maintenance!*

[@robertlandry5676]

🔊It takes two👍🏼

[@manos3790]

Elizabeth's almost a twin of my lady, however Elizabeth's brighter and a million percent more cooperative.

[@petegrillo]

HI. Do you have a fuel polishing system onboard? If so, do you find it useful? If not, is this something you want - or do you see it unnecessary? Thanks

[@JJP72095]

I’m looking to get shirts like that for my boat, could you provide the information where you had yours made and the brand of shirt. Looks good.

[@mvfreedom]

J P we designed them on Printful.com and these are the brand Bella + Canvas. We also had Gildan brand but these are softer. They have lots of tutorial videos and great customer support if you need it 👍

[@JJP72095]

Thank you

[@rkspdx]

Filling the filters before you install them is a good rule to avoid oil starvation when first starting after an oil change. Obviously only works when vertical fill. Cummins mechanic advice...

[@Irishandtired]

Maybe it's Cats, but some manufacturers don't recommend that due to contamination.

[@manos3790]

I believe its known as priming and, yes it's a logical must do.

[@mikecweb]

Do you two plan on doing any oil analysis at regular intervals?

[@mvfreedom]

Stiggy no but we probably should in the habit of sampling on some interval.

[@Wolgasurfer]

"might be boring"....hehehe lock at the thumbs ;-)

[@notrut]

Did you have Environmental Charge to dump the old Oil?

[@mvfreedom]

notrut no luckily they take it for free. They likely do that to ensure nobody dumps irresponsibly and they likely sell it off to other oil companies who recycle used oil for other things. Win win for everyone!

[@toma5153]

We're fortunate in Puget Sound area to have a lot of oil recycle drop off locations at no charge.

[@Oleg.Olegovich.Vinogradov]

Самое лучшее достижение женщины Это её мужчина!!!!!!!

[@malamute327]

" NEXT TIME AROUND" you really need to stop using DELO 400--while its not the worse diesel engine oil out there--the SHELL Rotella 15/40 full synthetic engine oil is sooooooo much better in terms of oil service life, and normal wear on the engine. Yes its kinda pricey up front, but due to the fact that you can get 3-4 times more life between oil changes, then it becomes way cheaper over the life of the engine, and is actually better for all internal engine components since its a known fact that traditional petroleum based oil will "cook" and "adhere" to internal engines parts that for one reason or another don't get lubrication, and will eventually have a build up on internal parts. Contact Lugger, and who ever the engine manufacturer is for the generator, they will probably tell you the same thing!--happy travels

[@dentmasters4423]

YES!! Full synthetic is the ONLY way to go, your engine is working hard every trip pushing a lot of weight through water. I'm sure Shawn has researched this by now:) Shell Rotella is very good oil.

[@johnturner2175]

old oil I used to be in the car business and we heated the shop with the old oil.

[@swiftadventurer]

"years of a guilt trip"?.... uh oh. I fear learning the history behind that sentiment?

[@svtelos4726]

everyone is afraid of failure.....especially on KZbin. That being said, the more you try, the more you fail, the more you learn. Eventually, everyone will be asking; "Where did you Learn that?" Thats amazing! You'll be able to say, " aw, its just stuff you learn along the way." :) Carry on girl.

[@richardprokopczyk9255]

your music is way too loud,greatvvideo really liked it

[@urabus7875]

nice

[@shadydave6036]

If it wasn't for the pioneer women where would the US be? Shawn was this oil change easier or harder? Surprised to see a little rust starting on main. I seam to think a Nordhavn engine room is cleaner than most kitchens that's just me.

[@MrAndynorth14]

Lol - you blurred out the dog's parts - Calvanists?

[@mvfreedom]

andrew shepherd lol! We had to google Calvinism so no, not us. Mr Sully is just a very modest little boy 🐶

[@joninfun6304]

not boring at all

[@williambrown4090]

What’s the wing engine?

[@alg54]

10:55 A little help from Chewbacca.

[@m2pozad]

Noway will Elizabeth or Shawn want to go through that again. (Clue to Elizabeth's fun-funkiness character- worst nail polish jobs ever.)

[@BucketList2]

Buy your oil at Costco next time. It's around $10 a gallon.

[@Wanderns]

This Yanmar engine, what is it for?

[@mvfreedom]

Wander N it’s a “get home” engine as a backup in case our main has issues. The great thing about Nordhavn is all of the redundancies to ensure you can travel across oceans or long distances safely knowing you’ve got backups on all major systems.

[@Wanderns]

@@mvfreedom thank you, clear. Amazing!

[@Greggspies]

I always drain oil cold let's all the contaminents fall to the bottom overnight

[@Lencwv]

Random FYI: Elizabeth looks amazingly like Ava Cowen, the fitness model... check it out.

[@lesmoor001]

why was the dog fuzzed ?

[@475Launchpad]

Dude, prefill that main filter next time. #protip

[@475Launchpad]

Disregard my protip, just realized that CAT recommends NOT pre-filling the oil either. Maybe Deere is the same! Happy boating 🚤

[@sandspider7375]

girls can do anything as long as they have a man that does all the heavy lifting and watch them like a hawk and girl pwr!

[@michael123cody5]

Liz ain't no dummie she knew he would have cried for a year if she would have spilled a drop of oil.

[@Oleg.Olegovich.Vinogradov]

Жена!!!!

[@dgeorge852]

You bleeped out the dog's genitals. I would not have even taken notice except for the fuzzy squares flashing around. I can't believe what this world has come to. What are we going to do next? Start bleeping out the genitals of crabs?

[@angelalicea3492]

She's a space cadet my 5 year old granddaughter can do better.