What’s this oil leak

thesandmn · Post by **thesandmn** » Sat Aug 01, 2020 5:31 pm

Walked out to my boat today and saw this oil leak on the transom directly under the outdrive. I can wrench on cars but boats are kinda new to me. Anyone know what’s causing it? Easy fix or ? Btw it’s and mercruiser Engine with alpha 1 gen 1 outdrive.

thesandmn · Post by **thesandmn** » Sat Aug 01, 2020 10:56 pm

It’s coming out this hole

akorcovelos · Post by **akorcovelos** » Sat Aug 01, 2020 11:34 pm

There’s an oil tube in the transom assembly for the gear oil reservoir. Yours probably dry rotted and cracked.

Big Block Power · Post by **Big Block Power** » Sun Aug 02, 2020 7:39 am

Is the reservoir empty? See now I'm happy I have a dipstick.( Matt)

thesandmn · Post by **thesandmn** » Mon Aug 03, 2020 6:09 am

Makes sense. Lemme check

cmattj · Post by **cmattj** » Mon Aug 03, 2020 8:04 am

Big Block Power wrote: ↑Sun Aug 02, 2020 7:39 am Is the reservoir empty? See now I'm happy I have a dipstick.( Matt)

Dipstick... yes very convenient as it’s checked so often.

especially when on a hoist.

To the OP have you had any work done that required removal of the drive? ( inspection etc?)

thesandmn · Post by **thesandmn** » Mon Aug 03, 2020 5:40 pm

No I haven’t had any service on the boat in about a year and a half

thesandmn · Post by **thesandmn** » Mon Aug 03, 2020 5:40 pm

Drive was fine before that

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