By Allan Seymour, Sally W #42
For the past five years, I have been filling the Cummins engine with the recommended ten quarts. After every ten to fifteen hours though, it appears that the engine is using oil because the level drops one quart. I routinely top it up, and repeat the process.
According to Tony at Seaboard Marine, www.sbmar.com, the B-Series Cummins uses a very shallow marine oil pan. It's best to run it on the low side of the dipstick, which equals nine quarts, rather than ten quarts high. Tony recommends this practice to keep oil "whipping" to a minimum.
This year I decided to follow his suggestion, and have seen no oil consumption in 70 hours. It appears that nine quarts is sufficient for our tugs' Cummins engines.
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