Tin Diesel
Well-Known Member
I have a question for those of you with with a Mercruiser I/O (or for the motorheads out there) ... I am seeing some drop in the stern drive oil level. Is this normal?
Background: I bought the boat used last fall with low hours - it hadn't been used at all in the last 3 years. Soon after getting it, I saw that there were signs of leaking oil out of the water intake on the stern drive. I had the stern drive rebuilt (new seals) at 110 hours (back in December). A week ago, at 136 hours, I thought to check and the level was down to the "add oil" level. I filled it to the top line last week. This weekend we used it for 8.5 hrs. The fluid level dropped 1/4 inch. I see no sign of leaking oil on the stern drive (although she was in the water the whole weekend so it wouldn't have been able to adhere)
Background: I bought the boat used last fall with low hours - it hadn't been used at all in the last 3 years. Soon after getting it, I saw that there were signs of leaking oil out of the water intake on the stern drive. I had the stern drive rebuilt (new seals) at 110 hours (back in December). A week ago, at 136 hours, I thought to check and the level was down to the "add oil" level. I filled it to the top line last week. This weekend we used it for 8.5 hrs. The fluid level dropped 1/4 inch. I see no sign of leaking oil on the stern drive (although she was in the water the whole weekend so it wouldn't have been able to adhere)