water in lower end?

[faurot3]

i think im getting water in my lower end on my cobra. there is a water pump kit for it with about 6 or 7 gaskets is this how i should go to try to stop the water or is there a better way to tell where the water is coming from?

 

[eaceti]

Re: water in lower end?

The water pump doesn't have 7 gaskets on it. You may have a seal kit for the whole stern drive. I recently rebuilt mine & so far no water in the oil (cross my fingers). It actually wasn't that hard, I've been wrenching dirt bikes for a while but this is my first boat. You'll need a manual. My boats an 89 so I figured even if only one seal needed changing it wouldn't hurt to change all since I had the stern drive on my work bench.

 

[faurot3]

Re: water in lower end?

Ya I should have said gaskets and o rings. I just want to make sure Im going about this the right way. Also I have the seloc book.

 

[bruceb58]

Re: water in lower end?

You need to drain the oil and pressurize the drive to see where it is leaking.

Have you had the drive off to see what the condition of the bellows is in and see if there is any water in there? If you have a torn bellows I can guarantee you will get water in the drive as the driveshaft seal is not designed to keep water out.