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Doug Kanter
 
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Default Outboard - water from wrong place?

Nothing from the prop. What's the teltale?

"JIMinFL" wrote in message
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I'm not an expert on this but it looks like a water tube has sprung a
leak. Any water coming from the teltale or thru the prop?
"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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While winterizing my Johnson 15 hp outboard yesterday, I noticed water
coming from a place that I didn't recall it coming from last time I did
this. That was 4 years ago - the dealer's done it in the intervening
years. Here's a pictu

http://photobucket.com/albums/c197/a...t=Motor_02.jpg

Look in the red circle. Is that normal? When the boat's in the water, I
get quite a bit of spray from that spot, aimed forward at the transom.
Meanwhile, the drive unit grease looked perfect - almost the same color
as the new stuff.