rktktpaul
New Member
Since I'm going on my 4th season, I decided to change the impeller on my Alpha 1 Gen II over the weekend. Disassembly and reassembly went smooth. Used the Mercruiser manual, bought the Mercury kit, replaced all the o-rings that came in the kit, etc.
I hooked up the muffs, had my son start the motor, waited a little longer to see the outflow come out of the transom, and said "Cool! I did it!!". And then I saw water running out of the starboard side of the outdrive.
At first I thought that it was leaking from the mating surface between the lower and upper units. But when I took a closer look, I actually saw a drainhole just above the forward bolt/nut location where the water was coming from.
I've had the muffs hooked up on this outdrive a number of times and can't for the life of me recall if I ever saw water coming out of this location or not??
Outflow was good, I let the motor warm up till the t-stat opened, even increased the RPMs to 1200. Water temp went to 170 degrees and stayed there.
Should I be worried about the water coming out of this drainhole??
I hooked up the muffs, had my son start the motor, waited a little longer to see the outflow come out of the transom, and said "Cool! I did it!!". And then I saw water running out of the starboard side of the outdrive.
At first I thought that it was leaking from the mating surface between the lower and upper units. But when I took a closer look, I actually saw a drainhole just above the forward bolt/nut location where the water was coming from.
I've had the muffs hooked up on this outdrive a number of times and can't for the life of me recall if I ever saw water coming out of this location or not??
Outflow was good, I let the motor warm up till the t-stat opened, even increased the RPMs to 1200. Water temp went to 170 degrees and stayed there.
Should I be worried about the water coming out of this drainhole??