Mercruiser 260 Spitting oil from engine

[CaliFormula]

Hello everyone I love this forum and really appreciate everyone’s input. So I had a leaky riser and got water in my oil. I fixed the riser and was doing an oil change to get the oil clean and I noticed oil in my bilge. The oil is spitting out from a threaded hole in the front of the block. And ideas? I’ll try to attach photos and a video.

 

[wrench 3]

The hole is there to put a long bolt into to hold up the fuel pump push rod when you're changing the pump. The rest of the time there should be a short bolt in there to plug up the hole.

 

[CaliFormula]

Amazing! Thank you! So it must have somehow worked it’s way out.

 

[CaliFormula]

Does the bolt need some kind of a gasket?

 

[Scott Danforth]

a bit of gasket sealer is fine