Hi All,
This is my first post on this forum. I have a 2004 Ebbtide 200 campione with the Mercury 5.0 hooked to a mercruiser alpha one outdrive. The boat has 120 hours on it. Very low use. Over the July 4th weekend I had the boat loaded down with 10 people, and also did quite a bit of skiing/tubing/wakeboarding.It was all within capacity of the boat though. Ever since then it has been using the outdrive gear lube. I keep having to top off the reservoir every time I take it out. It has to be leaking somewhere, but I can see no sign of leaking oil anywhere. I looked around the prop shaft and down in the hull under the engine. Couldnt find anything. Does anyone have any idea where this could be leaking and Why? It is concerning because I dont want to mess up anything further, and I also dont want to be polluting the waterways.
Please help.
Thanks
This is my first post on this forum. I have a 2004 Ebbtide 200 campione with the Mercury 5.0 hooked to a mercruiser alpha one outdrive. The boat has 120 hours on it. Very low use. Over the July 4th weekend I had the boat loaded down with 10 people, and also did quite a bit of skiing/tubing/wakeboarding.It was all within capacity of the boat though. Ever since then it has been using the outdrive gear lube. I keep having to top off the reservoir every time I take it out. It has to be leaking somewhere, but I can see no sign of leaking oil anywhere. I looked around the prop shaft and down in the hull under the engine. Couldnt find anything. Does anyone have any idea where this could be leaking and Why? It is concerning because I dont want to mess up anything further, and I also dont want to be polluting the waterways.
Please help.
Thanks