I own an 07 df140 that has been having water emulsify the oil. This is salt water service, though I flush it out each use and use salt terminator in the flush.
If I remove the engine from the mounts and hold it suspended, can I drop the oil pan from the bottom, by dropping lower unit first? I need to access the bottom portion of the engine holder to see if corrosion has worn a hole in it, which is allowing water to get into the oil pan sump. Yes it has aluminum anodes and they were in good shape. The issue appears to be they are located too high on the engine to do the engine holder any good, preventing corrosion. Shameful situation, and I am trying to not remove the power head.
This started when I changed the water pump impeller. The first trip I noticed a small color change in oil. Flushed crankcase with fresh oil and new filter. Moved to next trip. I stayed close to the launch and a few miles it was apparent I was still having issues. After flushing the motor, I noticed that with oil drain plug pulled, if I water flush through flush fitting water trickles out of the oil drain. Flushing, even with hillbilly oil is expensive!
Engine ran great, never has overheated, even though in hot weather I can't WOT because of gas vapor locking issues with these motors. What a shame, I have babied it so. Only 200 hours.
Hapless in Texas.....
If I remove the engine from the mounts and hold it suspended, can I drop the oil pan from the bottom, by dropping lower unit first? I need to access the bottom portion of the engine holder to see if corrosion has worn a hole in it, which is allowing water to get into the oil pan sump. Yes it has aluminum anodes and they were in good shape. The issue appears to be they are located too high on the engine to do the engine holder any good, preventing corrosion. Shameful situation, and I am trying to not remove the power head.
This started when I changed the water pump impeller. The first trip I noticed a small color change in oil. Flushed crankcase with fresh oil and new filter. Moved to next trip. I stayed close to the launch and a few miles it was apparent I was still having issues. After flushing the motor, I noticed that with oil drain plug pulled, if I water flush through flush fitting water trickles out of the oil drain. Flushing, even with hillbilly oil is expensive!
Engine ran great, never has overheated, even though in hot weather I can't WOT because of gas vapor locking issues with these motors. What a shame, I have babied it so. Only 200 hours.
Hapless in Texas.....
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