75 cuddy I/O taking water..HELP?
Hi all,
I've had my 75 V20 cuddy with a 165 mercuiser I/O for a couple months now and have had it out a for about six trips. Each time out it has took water and I assumed it was normal. My last trip out was a long one and it took on a ton of water. I now am convinced it isn't normal and want to figure out how it's getting in. The guys at my local marine shop showed me what to look for and I haven't found it yet. I put a hose in it and filled it up almost to the bottom of the motor and the only place i could find anything was right at the bottom of where the gimbal housing goes through the hull just a small but constant drip. I also dried out the bilge and ran the motor on muffs to see if that would generate any thing and it did not. My next step is to put it in the water and look for intrusion running and not running. I had put a new water pump kit and checked the bellows(looked good) I also caulked where the gimbal meets the hull with life caulk because the housing was somewhat eaten away. Is there other areas I should be looking? Thanks
Anthony
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