MetraMan

Over the winter I had to rebuild my engine the guy that installed it and he outdrive is gone and I have water slowly filling my bilge. Having never had this problem does anyone have a idea what the cause could be?

Smitty

Unfortunately there are many places the water could be coming from since the motor and drive were removed. Best to take it to a Pro and have them correct the problem.

MetraMan

Checked it twice couldn't beleive it was leaking, very slow but leaking. I hope it does not soak my hull.

hillbilly24

Take it to the ramp, leave the back tie downs on and back it in until the transom plate is tottaly submerged. Use a flashlight and an inspection mirror and you will be eable to find it. It's better to do it durring the week cuase your'e gonna block the ramp for a while.

Outdrive1

Hillbilly has a good idea, you could also run it on the hose and see if you have a water leak in your cooling system. If you take it to the ramp though you can look for leaks running and not.

MetraMan

Found my leak it's below the drive shaft 2 allen bolts holding a plate with about 9/16 dia. hose passing thru out to the drive.I don't see a good explanation in my stern drive book.Any suggestions I assume the drives got to come off?
Thanks

Wobble

the 9/16 tube, does it go to the reservoir bottle or is it the speedo tube?