chris_rohde
Contributing Member
"I checked the level in the ou
"I checked the level in the outdrive a couple of weeks ago before I took it out. Level still looked good, right where I would have filled it to. The gear oil (yes, I know it's not supposed to be gear oil), still looked clear. Drained to refill with engine oil today and it came out looking like pea green soup. Still smelled like gear oil and I did not notice any oil/water seperation in the pan. The oil was last changed 5 years ago and it has only been taken out about 5 times in the last 3 years. My question is would 5 year old gear oil look like this -OR- did water get in my outdrive. I did notice today that one of my o-rings did look like it was past it's prime, but I do also use teflon tape on the bolt threads. I replaced all of the O-rings (drain plug,fill, and dipstick) this time."
"I checked the level in the outdrive a couple of weeks ago before I took it out. Level still looked good, right where I would have filled it to. The gear oil (yes, I know it's not supposed to be gear oil), still looked clear. Drained to refill with engine oil today and it came out looking like pea green soup. Still smelled like gear oil and I did not notice any oil/water seperation in the pan. The oil was last changed 5 years ago and it has only been taken out about 5 times in the last 3 years. My question is would 5 year old gear oil look like this -OR- did water get in my outdrive. I did notice today that one of my o-rings did look like it was past it's prime, but I do also use teflon tape on the bolt threads. I replaced all of the O-rings (drain plug,fill, and dipstick) this time."