water coming in to cylinder??????????????

maty

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i have a johnson 9.5 sea horse ,the bottom cylinder keeps filling with water when it is not running can any one tell me what the problem is please.
 

Dhadley

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Re: water coming in to cylinder??????????????

Welcome!!<br /><br />How is the motor sitting? On the boat verticle -- on the boat tilted up? On the floor laying down? A bit more info please!
 

maty

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Re: water coming in to cylinder??????????????

it is up right on the boat iv just took the head off and its coming in through the exhaust port have u any idear what the problem might be
 

CFORBERG

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Re: water coming in to cylinder??????????????

I had a similar problem, and it turned out to be the exhaust cover gasket, leaking into the exhaust manifold and running into the bottom cylinder.
 
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