Gear Oil Leaking

[soccerman60]

We have a 85 force motor on our boat we just bought everything seems to be working correctly but we did notice that there is gear oil leaking down the side of the motor. The oil seems to be coming from a tiny weep hole. We noticed that the same thing is happening on the other side of the motor as well. We were wondering if this was normal or not any help would be greatly appreciated.

thanks!

hopefully the 2 pictures will help

 

[my1stboat1]

Re: Gear Oil Leaking

there is so much information on this site about this... Just do a search you could easilly spend an hour with the reading material. However what ive been told by very knowlegable people on here when i was confused about the oil coming from my weep holes on my 85 hp force was this

if its clean fresh looking oil jthat smells like gear oil then you have a lower unit leak

if its dark and smells like fuel or unburned oil its most likely unburned fuel from the carbs that sit in to pockets that are in the lower unit that have no way of draining so the manufacture drilled the holes in the lower unit for the fuel to drain

and last if the color is milky oil then its possibly water mixing in with the gear oil in the lower unit and that will need to be addressed..

hope this helps ...

drain the lower unit oil to confirm how much is in it and refill it with fresh oil...

 

[soccerman60]

Re: Gear Oil Leaking

Thanks for the reply my son set this up for me so i don't really know where to begin to look but i appreciate the help is there anywhere i can find a repair manual or something or so you where a common leak is where i can look?

 

[my1stboat1]

Re: Gear Oil Leaking

clymer and solec make books

you can find them all over ebay... i dont know about the solec book but the clymer is a pinch hard to understand

 

[grneop]

Re: Gear Oil Leaking

clymer and solec make books

you can find them all over ebay... i dont know about the solec book but the clymer is a pinch hard to understand

Solec is not much easier either!!!
But they are your best friends when working in your motor.
Tons of detail pic..