Took boat out last week and the tilt started leaking down, would tilt/trim up fine but would leak down. Checked fluid and it was full, took out the manual tilt plug and found small inner o-ring broken. Changed it and filled back up with new fluid. Took several tries but finally got it to tilt and trim all the way up. Bled air out and seemed to be working fine.
Took boat out yesterday and it would not trim under load. Would trim up with no load, but then it seemed to act like it had a spring inside the hydraulic cylinder. When I give it power it would go down about an inch or so(looking at the tabs used to trailer the engine). Would not go all the way down but definitely noticeable downward tilt.
Went home and bled it more, I put weight on the lower unit and it picked me up, but still seems spongy. My question is do you think it just has air in the lines and needs to be bled more or do you think I need to look at replacing all of the o-rings in the main cylinder?
Boat has not been used since September and is garage kept.
Took boat out yesterday and it would not trim under load. Would trim up with no load, but then it seemed to act like it had a spring inside the hydraulic cylinder. When I give it power it would go down about an inch or so(looking at the tabs used to trailer the engine). Would not go all the way down but definitely noticeable downward tilt.
Went home and bled it more, I put weight on the lower unit and it picked me up, but still seems spongy. My question is do you think it just has air in the lines and needs to be bled more or do you think I need to look at replacing all of the o-rings in the main cylinder?
Boat has not been used since September and is garage kept.