Oil leak
Submitted by dakka on Tue, 2016-03-15 17:28
Howdy all
tonight I noticed this oil on my Skeg would it suggest a prop seal or maybe something else and would it cause damage if not fixed soon cheers.
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quest
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I had this happen to me few
I had this happen to me few years ago. Removed the prop and found i've picked up a few meters of braid and failed the output shaft seals. Eazy fix and not too expensive. I had to flush the leg a few times with new oil to clean it out.
Katman
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2 Stroke ?
If its a 2 stroke and you have just been running on muffs I would guess this as just unburnt 2 stroke oil
My Johnson does this quite often until it gets warmed up.
If its a 4 stroke then you may have a prop seal issue
Vinesh87
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Is it a tohatsu 70ish by any
Is it a tohatsu 70ish by any chance ?
dakka
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It's a 2 stroke 90 hp
It's a 2 stroke 90 hp evinrude and yes it has only been flushed with muffs I've only had it in the water once about 3 weeks ago, love only had it for a month now so hopefully it's only unborn oil fingers crossed
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Lavs
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I'm no mechanic, but that oil
I'm no mechanic, but that oil looks too black to be gearbox oil. Gearbox oil is a honey colour. That looks like unburnt 2-stroke oil to me.
Pull the prop off and have a look.
roddo
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It defenatly looks like
It defenatly looks like unburnt oil to me seen it a bit on my old 2 banger and a few mates 2strokes
dakka
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I
Cheers everyone
yeah I checked my gearbox oil and that is fine so hopefully only unburnt oil I didn't find any fishing line or anything else when I took off prop
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