Found oil on bottom of lower outdrive bracket

[truckjunky87]

First off, boat is a:
2007 Monterey 194FS
5.0 GXI Volvo SX

So I noticed an oil skim on the water at the rear of my boat this evening and sure enough when I pulled the boat out of the water and went to pulled the drain plug I found oil on the bottom of the lower outdrive bracket support. I couldn't look much more into it as a pretty big storm had blown in so sorry for the limited detail here. Anyways, what should I be looking for when I get a chance to take a closer look tomorrow? This is my first Volvo outdrive and have only had this summer so I'm still getting familiar with it.

 

[skydiveD30571]

Is this an SX or SX-A drive? An easy way to tell...the SX-A drive has the trim pump located outside the boat on the transom just starboard of the drive. The original design is a common leak problem. Check for leaks, and check the trim up/down functionality.

As for gear oil, it could be leaking from behind the propeller. Trimming down and taking a look there will help determine.

 

[truckjunky87]

SX-A and yes it is leaking from the Trim Pump. Is this serviceable?

 

[dypcdiver]

Lots of posts about this use the search at the top of the page.

 

[skydiveD30571]

Very common unfortunately. Volvo redesigned the pump cover to fix the leak issue, but the new cover is costly. A couple people have had temporary luck fixing the leak, but eventually you'll just have to change the cover. Here's a thread that covers the replacement:

http://forums.iboats.com/forum/engi...penta-sx-a-dps-trim-pump-replacement?t=567069