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Boat was fine last year. Replaced gimbal bearing over the winter. Now engine is overheating.
1) Engine runs fine when hose is hooked to flush port.
2) Overheating in the water and on Muffs
2) Assumed it was the seal on out-drive, so I removed out-drive, cleaned up and inspected seal. All looks...
In the fall, I hit something in the river that put a hole in the lower drive unit. Service center says the entire outdrive needs to be replaced due to water intrusion. The new outdrive has been on order since Sept. 2021 with no estimated delivery on site. My question, is does this sound correct...
