Beta 43 remote oil filter

[cobaltcodd]

It's coming up to oil change time for my beta 43.  The filter isn't in the best place on the engine for this, and access is terribly difficult on my semi-trade setup.  I'd heard mention there was a remote kit available, where there is a fitting that bolts on to the engine block, a couple of hoses and another fitting that the filter now attached to.  This can then be mounted in a much more sensible and accessible place.

 

However, I can't seem to find any reference to one of these - a couple of emails to Beta went unanswered.  Does anyone know where I can get one of these from?

 

many thanks

[nipper]

Try phoning them. They do a kit, but i havent got around to buying one yet.

 

I have a beta 50 within a cocoon and getting to the oil filter means i have to get into the swim and strigle to get at it. 

 

I have notice thougfh that every time I change the oil filter that the gap one has to get into gets smaller and smaller ?

 

Nipper 

[cuthound]

4 hours ago, nipper said:

Try phoning them. They do a kit, but i havent got around to buying one yet.

 

I have a beta 50 within a cocoon and getting to the oil filter means i have to get into the swim and strigle to get at it. 

 

I have notice thougfh that every time I change the oil filter that the gap one has to get into gets smaller and smaller ?

 

Nipper 

 

Is that because you are dropping the old filters into the bilge? ?

[Flyboy]

11 hours ago, cobaltcodd said:

It's coming up to oil change time for my beta 43.  The filter isn't in the best place on the engine for this, and access is terribly difficult on my semi-trade setup.  I'd heard mention there was a remote kit available, where there is a fitting that bolts on to the engine block, a couple of hoses and another fitting that the filter now attached to.  This can then be mounted in a much more sensible and accessible place.

 

However, I can't seem to find any reference to one of these - a couple of emails to Beta went unanswered.  Does anyone know where I can get one of these from?

 

many thanks

From the Beta Website :-   https://betamarine.co.uk/inland-accessories/     Look in the engine accessories section.

Edited August 30, 2018 by Flyboy

[cobaltcodd]

Many thanks for the replies - I have now phoned Betamarine with this info and ordered a kit - £243 + VAT incase people were wondering.  Not particularly cheap, but it will mean more frequent oil changes, with a vertical "less-spill" filter, unlike the horrible horizontal one that I can only just reach, and invariably drop and with the resulting spill.