Does this sound reasonable to you, it does to me.
I took this picture to a repair shop today and he said that water coming out
of the holes is normal. He said that lower unit there is a water jacket that
surropunds the exhaust to keep it cool and those holes are for the water to
escape so cooler water can replace it to keep the unit cool. It made since
to me.

As far as the oil, he said it was hard to tell but because it was ideling in
the driveway it is possible the oil built up and seeped out. He said he
would take it down the river and let it open up a little and then see if it
seeps out. He also said check the unit for water. He said it is possible
that one of the 2 seals was bad allowing oil out but not allowing water in.
I will check the oil for water after i have the unit in the lake and
submerged.

What do you think, does this fella make since to you?
Tom


"Terry Spragg" wrote in message
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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