water leaking into top cylinder on 87 60hp HELP!

jgouras

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we are getting water into the top cylinder as well as some leakage around the leg. we (neighbor and i) puled the exhaust and resealed with new gaskets. looked like there was water infiltration but not super obvious, the top exhaust port is shiny clean. we also pulled the head gasket and replaced. when running in a bucket we are getting weeping water droplets around the head gasket especially above the top cylinder. i feel like the water is over pressuring, is that possible? motor is pretty low hours but was used in salt and then stored so we went thru and cleaned the build up everywhere we could, there was a lot of crusty yellow build up. we have also run salt away thru it. we are at a loss hoping it is not a cracked block. we checked of course and could not see any signs of a cracked block.
 

boobie

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Re: water leaking into top cylinder on 87 60hp HELP!

Did you use any type of sealer on the gaskets ??
 

jgouras

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Re: water leaking into top cylinder on 87 60hp HELP!

Did you use any type of sealer on the gaskets ??

Yes we used the Johnson gasket sealer.

Update: the manifold is warped, YAY! Having it machined right now so we should be good.
 

boobie

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Re: water leaking into top cylinder on 87 60hp HELP!

Which manifold ???
 
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