Hi,
I'm new to this forum and this is the first time I owned a boat and have very little knowledge about it. My cousin gave me an old Mercury 500 50 HP boat and I have no idea what year it is as I cannot find indication any where showing the year of the boat. Anyway, I have three issues and needed your help.
First, when I ran the motor the other day with the water hose going into it, there were some milky stuff coming out from between the area (gap) where the lower unit is attached to upper unit. I'm thinking this might be the lower unit oil leaking out. What could be the cause of this leakage and is it something easy to fix?
Second, water is also squirting from the gap between the lower unit that is attached to the upper unit. Is there suppose to be a gasket that seals this gap to keep water from leaking out? Does this mean the gasket is bad? Where can I find a replacement gasket?
Finally, when shifting the throttle to reverse gear, the propeller would not spin when give it gas. However, shifting it to forward and give it gas, the propeller spins fine. Does this mean the reverse gear is massed up? Is this something that can be easily fix? or do I have to take it to the dealer? Thanks for the help in advance.
I'm new to this forum and this is the first time I owned a boat and have very little knowledge about it. My cousin gave me an old Mercury 500 50 HP boat and I have no idea what year it is as I cannot find indication any where showing the year of the boat. Anyway, I have three issues and needed your help.
First, when I ran the motor the other day with the water hose going into it, there were some milky stuff coming out from between the area (gap) where the lower unit is attached to upper unit. I'm thinking this might be the lower unit oil leaking out. What could be the cause of this leakage and is it something easy to fix?
Second, water is also squirting from the gap between the lower unit that is attached to the upper unit. Is there suppose to be a gasket that seals this gap to keep water from leaking out? Does this mean the gasket is bad? Where can I find a replacement gasket?
Finally, when shifting the throttle to reverse gear, the propeller would not spin when give it gas. However, shifting it to forward and give it gas, the propeller spins fine. Does this mean the reverse gear is massed up? Is this something that can be easily fix? or do I have to take it to the dealer? Thanks for the help in advance.