pugetsounder
Advanced Contributor
OK here's the scoop:
1982 pre-alpha. I took the drive off last fall, replaced water pump, base, all gaskets, etc, etc. Pressurized the unit back then, checked out OK. Fast forward to this past Sunday. I thought the weather was getting nice enough to start putting the boat back together and get it ready for summer. As I was hauling the drive out to the boat I noticed an oil drip of a couple of drops coming from a weep hole just above the prop bulb on the forward/starboard side of the unit. Pissed, I drug the unit back to the basement and did another pressure test. It held 30 psi for 20 minutes and no drip out of the weep hole! I'm pretty confident the unit is sealed but what the heck is with this drip of oil. And what does the weep hole connect to? I figure it was a water drain of some sort. Any thoughts before I bolt the drive back on the boat?
1982 pre-alpha. I took the drive off last fall, replaced water pump, base, all gaskets, etc, etc. Pressurized the unit back then, checked out OK. Fast forward to this past Sunday. I thought the weather was getting nice enough to start putting the boat back together and get it ready for summer. As I was hauling the drive out to the boat I noticed an oil drip of a couple of drops coming from a weep hole just above the prop bulb on the forward/starboard side of the unit. Pissed, I drug the unit back to the basement and did another pressure test. It held 30 psi for 20 minutes and no drip out of the weep hole! I'm pretty confident the unit is sealed but what the heck is with this drip of oil. And what does the weep hole connect to? I figure it was a water drain of some sort. Any thoughts before I bolt the drive back on the boat?