Water in the trim oil

[the MR]

I have a 1984 Galaxie omc stern drive. i have took it out a few times on the lake the first few times it did good but latley i put the trim down and it will not go back up. Also i have looked at the tilt oil and it has water in it a yellowish cream color.
Has anyone had a problem like this? where should i look for the leak? New to ths boating think first boat i have owned so please be very detailed i am learning my baot as i go. thanks
I have put a new trim motor on. but i am having probs trying to find the leak where its sucking the water in the trim

 

[Chris1956]

Re: Water in the trim oil

I had that issue on my MerCruiser. The only source of water would be the seals around the trim rods. Since I was reticient to spend several hundred to repair, I just changed the fluid a couple of times a season. I would suck out as much as I could from the resevoir and refill with ATF.

 

[the MR]

Re: Water in the trim oil

Is it hard to get to the trim rods? what all would i have to take off. i am not looking into spending alot of money only cuase it's an old boat i want to fix the problem and sell it to get a newer boat for the family. we Still take the boat out like this just i redo the oil everytime. could that be bad for it? if so what could it end up doing?

 

[Chris1956]

Re: Water in the trim oil

You should repost this in the I/O forum. Tell them what kind of drive you have, and they will likely assist.