self lubricating stern gland advice please

[Burnham_Bob]

my new boat has a stern gland with a remote lubricator - brass body with tap and a long length of tube with what i assume is oil in it.

i can see there is currently lots of oil in the tube so no immediate problem but having had an old fashioned stuffing box and a greaser before, any advice on routine maintenance?

I presume the gland has lip seals along the shaft and the oil is the lubrication.

 

[MoodySabre]

Are you sure that it is oil - more likely to be a water feed like they have on these Tides Marine shaft seal . I think the PSS type have a water lubricating feed too.

 

[Pye_End]

Is it definately not a stuffing box with a remote greaser?

 

[MoodySabre]

Sorry - re-read your post. It does sound like a remote greaser for a traditional packed stern gland as PyeEnd says. If so then it will be filled with waterproof grease. Take the top off and have a look.

 

[CPD]

Yep, definately sounds like a remote greaser with unscrewable top to allow grease re-fill. The later maintenance free seals are water fed (engine coolant post impeller T-off I think ???) and do not have greasers. As Roger says, unscrew the top and have a peek.

 

[ditchcrawler]

I have a shaft seal which is oil fed from a small container with a screw cap on it.If you put your finger in the top & it feels like oil,& it looks like oil it probably is.I top mine up with ordinary engine oil.

 

[Pye_End]

Sounds like one that used to be made by Halyard, although there were others.