Gen 2 oil reservoir won't drain

[csparks]

Hey folks thanks for your time. I am working on a alpha 1 gen 2 drive. Did bellows job and also had to replace oil line that goes from transom housing to bell housing due to cracked line. Did water impeller service....put drive back together and installed drive onto boat. Now I drained oil with outdrive trimmed up and my remote oil reservoir is not draining out my bottom plug on drive. I checked the plunger on bellhousing before I slid drive on and oil came out.....now with drive on the oil won't drain. I checked for kinked oil line. Is there just a huge air bubble in there or what? What am I missing?

 

[Bondo]

Re: Gen 2 oil reservoir won't drain

Hey folks thanks for your time. I am working on a alpha 1 gen 2 drive. Did bellows job and also had to replace oil line that goes from transom housing to bell housing due to cracked line. Did water impeller service....put drive back together and installed drive onto boat. Now I drained oil with outdrive trimmed up and my remote oil reservoir is not draining out my bottom plug on drive. I checked the plunger on bellhousing before I slid drive on and oil came out.....now with drive on the oil won't drain. I checked for kinked oil line. Is there just a huge air bubble in there or what? What am I missing?

Ayuh,.... Welcome Aboard,... Put it Down, 'n see if it drains,...

If not, pull the bottle, 'n clean the crud outa the bottom of it,...

 

[csparks]

Re: Gen 2 oil reservoir won't drain

Thanks bond-o. I pulled drive back off today and used compressed air to blow out my line from reservoir down to transom plate and out bell housing. Oil now flows. I had already removed and cleaned reservoir but I apparently had crud seepage into lines.