Water in lower unit?

[SkunkBoat]

it could be either or both...or a crack....

remove lower unit. take it to an outboard service shop. tell them what you you said here. Tell them to change the upper and lower seals, pressure test it, fill it up and charge you accordingly.
There is just no getting around it.

If you drop it off now you might be fishing when fluke season opens.

[steplift20]

Skunkboat you said it could be the seals under the impeller housing , tell me what you think ,if it was the seal by the prop wouldn't I get oil ozzing out by the prop? Also is it hard to change the two oil seals under the housing ?

[SkunkBoat]

like I said before
"Sometimes on some motors the top one can be changed with common tools ...if it is not stuck...The bottom one needs tools and know how."

[phatdaddy]

If u are getting water intrusion on a hose, without submerging the prop shaft or oil port & drain, i d say water pump seal or cracked housing.

When u say oil is discolored, is it milky white or just not clear like when u put it in?

As far as $600 for repair, If that is pulling lower unit, pressure checking, repairing as needed, installing new water pump, and reinstalling lower unit, its not too bad.

[spareparts]

buy a complete water pump kit with the upper and lower housing, the lower housing comes with new seals. If you know how to do a water pump on a merc, you can swap out the lower housing using two screw drives or pry bars.

[steplift20]

It just lifts out?

[steplift20]

No good, I replaced the oil drain plugs,water impeller ,two thermostats and the base for the water pump housing , I ran my engine two times on the ear muffs never put the prop in water,changed the oil and its worst , the first two times I changed it it was a dark green now after everything I did it's a light green and the oil I'm using is pennzoil 80 -90 weight .what did I do wrong ?

[phatdaddy]

Not sure of color, bot water & oil looks like a milkshake, oil looks like oil

What do you have, oil or milkshake?

[steplift20]

It looks like antifreeze that color

[oteps]

put some of the green lower unit oil and some water in your wifes blender. Then report back to us what happened.
Or maybe try some in a can and use a spade bit in a drill to mix it up to see what color it will be. But any oil mixed with water I saw looked like a milk shake.