Milky Outdrive oil

[cngarrod]

Oh Dear... why do i feel that this is going to cost me.....!

Drained the oil out of the sterndrive (290 DP) this morning, looked more like a coffee flavoured macdonalds thick shake than oil... That cant be good !

Am guessing a seal has gone, but god knows where i start to look for it...!

This could be painful to the wallet i feel..... but then again, what isnt!

Cheers,

Craig.

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[TwoStroke]

Ouch! Not good. Best of luck in finding the leak. /forums/images/icons/smile.gif I'm sure you'll have some good advice from here.

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[oldsaltoz]

G'day Craig,

Check the bellows first, most common point of entry,

Good luck.



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[TargaLout]

possibly not as bad as it may seem. Drain oil then you pressurise the leg to 7 psi see where the air is comming from with soapy water, depending how bad it could take 24x hours for the pressure to drop. Most Volvo marine shops have this simple pressurising tool you could buy/borrow. do not go more than 7 psi !!!! or you could damage other seals.
The other thing is the lower screw that you remove to let the oil drain out, it has a magnetic tip, carefully check for metal swarf, it has some thats your gears that is magnetically attracted to the tip. If no swarf and you end up changing a gasket or oill seal its probably going to be ok. My friend had a similar problem only the other day, his was the top plate on the leg where the dip stick is, there is no gasket here and was leaking, so a bit of blue hylomar and all was well.

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[cngarrod]

Hi Targa Lout, Am a bit confused by this statement:

<it has a magnetic tip, carefully check for metal swarf, it has some thats your gears that is magnetically attracted to the tip>

There was a bit of swarf on it, only one piece admittedly. Does this mean my gears are shot to bits?

Cheers,

C

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[hlb]

Not necesarily. But if there was loads!! Or could be the start of something big!! Maybe not.....??

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[duncan]

glad to see the decisive advice available here hasn't gone down hill /forums/images/icons/smile.gif

I think hlb was basically trying to say that if your gears were shot to bits then all those bits would be on the end of the drain plug - or following it out in the oil. If you only have one bit then that has come from somewhere, but doesn't suggest 'shot gears'.

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[TargaLout]

Hi again cngarrod, Sorry for the poor grammar and typo's in my earlier post. What I was trying to say was, If you only have a little tiny bit of metal/swarf and careful some has not drained away with the oil (re hlb and duncan) then you probably have caught this in-time and when you find where the leak is and repair it everything will probably be OK and not nescassarily an expensive problem ?

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[mtb]

Hello craig
It wont be that bad and you can sort it once you break the confidence barrier. Yes re all the others but some times due to heat re a knackard bearing water can get it. Why not service the thing all the bits are easy to change and if you get stuck you might perswade me to come an help.

Cheers
Mick

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[peterandjeanette]

Don't get too despondent. Had the same trouble with one of my 290's this year. Turned out to be one of the seals. The gear selector seal I think. (There is another one by the props that I messed up last year with a nylon fishing line.) Can get details if you wish. On both occaisions the seal was replaced, casing filled with oil and no further problems.
Best of luck.

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[studgies]

had the same thing in one of mine last month, I replaced the prop shaft seals and the o rings to the bottom housing, the seal kit was about £70 from keypart and it took a couple of hours and a hired bearing puller from a tool shop for £10. As the others say as long as there is not lots of metal on the drain plug I would not worry too much, having the bottom of the leg in bits will let you have a good nose about to see if any major damage has been done anyways!

PS we are not marine engineers just a bit of courage and basic skills did the job!

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[davedpc]

Send a P.M to Col. He is the King of 290 seals. What ! clutch slipping again Col? Dave.

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[cngarrod]

Hi Mick,

Thanks for the advice - and yup, your right... it is down to confidence i guess!

May take you up on the offer though ;-))

Cheers,

Craig.

PS - Havent seen you on here for a while, what you been up to?

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[cngarrod]

Thanks All!

thanks all for the replies... will start by having another look and see if there is anything obvious... and what the hell, if i take something off, i probably didnt need it anyway ;-))

Thanks again,

Craig.

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[Col]

Re: Thanks All!

290 legs aren't normally bothered by a bit of water inside, they survive remarkably well.
The water will come in from one of a few places ( In order of most likely)
Gear selector seal (favourite)
Propshaft seal (joint favourite)
Drain plug O ring
Dipstick O ring
Input shaft oil seal (least likely, as water has to get past bellows first. If it did you would have other problems)

Good luck. It's not really a big deal to sort out.

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[Col]

No probs since I changed the cone clutches Dave.
Must start the Thurs nights again soon.


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