gear oil comming out the little hole in foot

[dannyman3]

i am going to replace the water pump with a repair kit that comes with some seals bolts and housing dont know what what the prob is with the oil comming out the little round hole at the bottom of the foot it also has water in the oil i was told it was a seal is this true and does the seal come wit the water pump kit if not what do ya call the seal so i can get it hope is on top of the foot would hate to take the case apart

 

[Chris1956]

Re: gear oil comming out the little hole in foot

Danny, You might tell us what motor you have, and what parts you bought. There is a seal under the warerpump base in most engines. Whether you bought a new seal is not clear w/o info on the parts.

 

[triumphrick]

Re: gear oil comming out the little hole in foot

Bummer..unfortunately there are a couple places that water can intrude. The driveshaft and propshaft are both sealed and when water gets in it is usually from those places. You might be lucky and water may be coming in from the fill and drain hole gaskets. Any milky color to your LU oil is not good....

 

[dannyman3]

Re: gear oil comming out the little hole in foot

Danny, You might tell us what motor you have, and what parts you bought. There is a seal under the warerpump base in most engines. Whether you bought a new seal is not clear w/o info on the parts.

i have 1990 200gt the kit has housing, impeller, gasket, key, wear plate, o-rings, bolts, i dont know what o-rings they are for there is 5 of them

 

[Chris1956]

Re: gear oil comming out the little hole in foot

Danny, On Mercs the base of the waterpump has the driveshaft seal. They are easy to replace.

On your Johnny, the seals are under the waterpump base plate, inside the bearing housing. I have not had the pleasure of replacing one of these seals, but according to my OEM service manual, you need to pull the propshaft and bearing carrier, and remove the nut on the end of the driveshaft and pull the driveshaft to replace the seals. Boy I hope this is not the only way. Maybe there is a way to just pull the bearing housing.

Hopefully someone will come along with better advice.