Gear oil leak

CSA

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Feb 26, 2019
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Boat Info
2018 SeaRay SPX 210.
Engines
Mercruiser 4.5l 250hp
Hello,

I own a 2018 21SPX. This spring when we put the boat in the water for the first time for the season we got the 6 horn in 6 seconds warning. Discovered that the gear oil monitor was pretty low. This surprised me as it was just serviced at the end of last season. There was a large puddle of gear oil in the bilge. After servicing the monitor, I took a picture of the fluid level for reference. Warning horn went away and all seemed well. I cleaned out the bilge and took the boat back to the dealer to be checked. There was a smaller puddle of gear oil in the bilge after I picked it up after they checked it. I took it back to the dealer again and they pressure checked it and said there was no leak at all. This weekend we ran the boat for ten minutes around the lake and no fluid in the bilge, but monitor level was about an inch below the minimum mark. I added some fluid so the level is between min and max. Did another short trip around the lake and all seems good. Getting frustrated as this is a relatively new boat with only 100 hours on it. I am curious if any of you have had similar experiences and what solution you used to address the issue.
Thanks for your help.
 
Sounds like your good to go. Why frustration?
Because the gear oil was low again after being serviced twice this season and it shows no leaks
 
Air gets trapped in there after a change and topping it off every now and then is the norm
 

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