Hi there , I had the nearest Volvo Penta mechanics out to do a service on my 5.7 engine and dpsm while on the hard .
Motor fine but there was water in the drive oil . The oil was extremely black and had the velocity of thinish paint . The leg
was fully serviced 35 hours prior but 18 months ago .
They said they needed to take it to the workshop and pressure test it to identify the source of the leak .
3 days later I get an email quote for $5800 . I was in shock and said Ibwould be down the next morning to discuss .
The leg was already in pieces and they said they had to damage the main shaft to get this gear off . I asked to see the bearings or any other parts with obvious water damage and was told there wasn’t any but not to worry as they all get replaced anyway . I said that’s not the point , why dig this deep if there’s no obvious damage . I was told that’s how they do it . I asked about the pressure test and told that wasn’t done as all seals get replaced anyway . I asked about why the oil would look like that after an easy 35 hrs of use but they had no answer .
My questions to anyone that can help are
Does that gear have to be replaced taking into consideration the big difference between replacing some seals to a 6k rebuild
and , has anybody got any ideas on the oil ?
Thanks
Motor fine but there was water in the drive oil . The oil was extremely black and had the velocity of thinish paint . The leg
was fully serviced 35 hours prior but 18 months ago .
They said they needed to take it to the workshop and pressure test it to identify the source of the leak .
3 days later I get an email quote for $5800 . I was in shock and said Ibwould be down the next morning to discuss .
The leg was already in pieces and they said they had to damage the main shaft to get this gear off . I asked to see the bearings or any other parts with obvious water damage and was told there wasn’t any but not to worry as they all get replaced anyway . I said that’s not the point , why dig this deep if there’s no obvious damage . I was told that’s how they do it . I asked about the pressure test and told that wasn’t done as all seals get replaced anyway . I asked about why the oil would look like that after an easy 35 hrs of use but they had no answer .
My questions to anyone that can help are
Does that gear have to be replaced taking into consideration the big difference between replacing some seals to a 6k rebuild
and , has anybody got any ideas on the oil ?
Thanks