Drive unit lube seepage after bellow change

[maddog2112]

I had my alpha 1 gen 2 bellows replaced at a shop a few weeks ago. I had my boat in my driveway for a week with the trim down as I was working a starting issue off and on. I noticed lower unit lube seepage out of the forward water hole on top of the lower unit fin. Port side. The lubed seeped all the way down to the prop. I called the shop and the guy said it was just residual from the job. He said I needed to run it on the lake and it would go away. I was able to get her out for a 2 hour run, brought it home and lowered the unit to see if problem went away. It took a couple of days but the seep is still there. You can`t see the fluid running but after a day it will be wet all the way back to the fin. I checked my reservoir and the fluid looks clean and not milky after the lake run. Has anyone had this issue after a bellows change? It was always dry as a bone before the bellows job.

 

[harringtondav]

Not sure what happened with your post. Your story repeated several times

Take your boat back to the shop so they can see the leak. Nothing in a bellows job would cause an internal leak. Check again to see if the lube is leaking from the bell housing to lower unit joint and trickling down the drive.

My best guess is they damaged the gasket around the lube passage. Or they damaged the lube hose to the bell housing and the lube is dribbling on your drive.

 

[maddog2112]

Sounds about right to me. Thanks