FORUM RULES UPDATED - The forum rules have been updated to continue to provide a friendly and safe environment for our member community. Please take a moment to review the updated rules and our terms of use and privacy policy. Click here for Forum Rules which has links to the 'terms of use' and 'privacy policy'.
In Other News . . .
You will notice a few enchancements to the forums to make your experience better. These include: Email Notifications, Thread Previews, Thread Starter Notation, and Emoji Options on the 'Like' icon. . .
Additionally, the merchant portions of the website have been updated and are now operational. . . . Check out iBoats for all your boating gear.
I have a water leak in my lower unit. The motor was getting hot so I changed the impeller, all lower unit seals, the t-stat, and springs. The manual says that the engine should shoot water out of the exhaust relief holes when the motor is at operating temp. The water is coming out around the...
I took my boat out on the lake this weekend after servicing the lower unit with all new seals and impeller. It ran cool in the driveway. spit water out of the exhaust when you revved it up. When on the lake for a test run it got hot. No water coming out of the two exhaust holes. T-stat is stuck...
I am new to boating. I have a 1970 evinrude 85hp starflite. I am not sure what the mechanic mixed the gas oil ratio at originally but it ran great and started with just a turn of a key. I used up my first tank of gas this weekend with seafoam and I mixed the next tank with seafoam and penzoil...
My lower unit is leaking oil around the prop. Mechanic said I need to change seals and impeller. Costing me about 100$. I have a manual and could probably do it myself, but I dont know what seals he is talking about. Looks like there are a lot of seals.
