tcoop wrote:

I have a couple questions. I recently had some work done to the foot of my
40ph Force engine. It had water in the oil in a big time way.
I recntly got it back and hooked the water muffs to it and fired it up. I
only ran it for a few minutes but I noticed water coming from places that I
didnt recal it coming from before. Thats not to say it wasn't coming from
thses places, i just dont remember it doing it. Can someone take a look at
this picture http://coopscorner.com/takealook/force-p-holes.htm and let me
know if this is normal? It didnt run long and there was water coming from
the hole that is higher on the engine. It wasn;t coming out in a steady
stream but more like spitting which is what it was doing before.

Also I noticed after a few days of sitting after it has ran that there is
some oil seeping from behind the prop. It doesn;t look like it has water in
it, and there isn;t a lot of it.

Thanks for the advice and input....Tom C


Above the foot, or gear case/transmission, the power shaft passes
through an impeller for the cooling water pump. Near the pump
bearing is a seal, to keep cooling water out of the otherwise empty
part of the leg. You probably need a new seal if you want to keep
lotsa water happening for your engine, and to keep the barnacles out
from the inside of the leg.

Does the engine shake when running?

A bad seal often means the bearing is a wreck, wobbly, and the shaft
is tearing up the seal. You may need a new bearing or bushing or
lower leg, even a power shaft if the bearing race / bushing is gone.
The impeller will be torn up some, too, probably.

I had one like that, luckily my machinist friend had a big enough
lathe that he could turn out the race way and make an oilite bushing
to save the day. The alternative is a steady hand and a big drill press.

You can start by releasing the shifter shaft clamps inside the leg
under the access door, and proceeding to change the impeller. If the
foot gear oil shows no water that would be lucky, but you likely
need bearing and seal work in that area, too. My pinion gear was all
chewed up, but amazingly, still functioned.

I sold the motor to my sister in law, for about what the repair cost
me, and she is still using it, torn up pinion and all, 3 years later.

Terry K