Best way to flush an Alpha I Gen II leg?

[PeterB26]

HI,

I had a seal go on my Alpha 1 Gen II leg letting a small amount of water enter the gearbox. Fortunately I caught this early. I found the compromised seal and replaced it/ pressure tested etc... Now I'm having a devil of a time getting the last of the water-contaminated drive oil out of the system. I have the remote oil reservoir at the engine so those lines really should get cleaned out/ flushed as well.

Who has good advice for me on how to best accomplish this? So far I have flushed with gear oil into the leg (off the boat) and then turned the drive shaft for a while to spin the gears and distribute the oil, and then re-drained. After several repetitions of this I still have traces of contaminated oil in the drive!

Peter

 

[Bondo]

Ayuh,.... If you've got most of the water out, 'n only have traces of it now, put it together, 'n run it,...

The tiny bit left will steam off when run,.....

 

[Fun Times]

I'm with Bondo! Go run it for 10 hours or so and change the oil. But after the first run ensure there is no fresh clean/clear water the second you pull the bottom drain plug out and quickly re-plug it saving your oil for the next trip out. It will take a while to get mostly every bit of the white/milky oil completely out of there...And a few more frequent oil changes than normal should help a little too.