Cricket Too
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Had my L/U re-sealed in Spring of '08 on my '97 115, ran it all season that year, changed out the L/U oil when I winterized that year and got green milkshake out of the L/U, ( I use HPF).
Took it back to the OMC/Bomby shop after winter, in Spring of this year, they pressure tested it and said it wasn't leaking down at all, they tested it a couple of times. Then they filled it back up with HPF and said there may have just been some residual parts cleaner or something in there after the re-seal. I asked also if they put new nylon washers on the fill and drain plugs and they said they did.
Took the boat out of the water yesterday and dropped the L/U oil......and got mint green milkshake out of it!!!!
Water is obviously getting in, so I don't understand how the pressure test showed nothing. I know the guy who runs the shop through a friend, and although I'm not best friends with the guy, I know that he is honest and the shop has a great reputation, they do a good percentage of the OMC/Bomby warantee work on LI.
I highly doubt this is just a normal way for HPF to look after being run for 40 hours or so, especially since my friend uses it in his twin Johnson 200's and it comes out looking almost exactly the same as it went in the year before, that same deep blue look, a little darker as expected.
So basically I don't know what the hell is going on here.
Am I right in thinking that water is definitely getting in somehow??
I should ad that when they re-sealed the L/U they replaced my fill and drain plug with the Allen head type, not that it makes any difference, if anything I would think the Allen head would seal better as you can snug it better. Again new nylon washers are always used.
Thanks.
Took it back to the OMC/Bomby shop after winter, in Spring of this year, they pressure tested it and said it wasn't leaking down at all, they tested it a couple of times. Then they filled it back up with HPF and said there may have just been some residual parts cleaner or something in there after the re-seal. I asked also if they put new nylon washers on the fill and drain plugs and they said they did.
Took the boat out of the water yesterday and dropped the L/U oil......and got mint green milkshake out of it!!!!
Water is obviously getting in, so I don't understand how the pressure test showed nothing. I know the guy who runs the shop through a friend, and although I'm not best friends with the guy, I know that he is honest and the shop has a great reputation, they do a good percentage of the OMC/Bomby warantee work on LI.
I highly doubt this is just a normal way for HPF to look after being run for 40 hours or so, especially since my friend uses it in his twin Johnson 200's and it comes out looking almost exactly the same as it went in the year before, that same deep blue look, a little darker as expected.
So basically I don't know what the hell is going on here.
Am I right in thinking that water is definitely getting in somehow??
I should ad that when they re-sealed the L/U they replaced my fill and drain plug with the Allen head type, not that it makes any difference, if anything I would think the Allen head would seal better as you can snug it better. Again new nylon washers are always used.
Thanks.