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 Oil in bilge help?
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06/11/10 03:38 AM
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trikflow77
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1994 astro f18 175 mariner efi. Just bought the boat, had it out a few times. Today, get home and notice a sizable amount of oil in the bilge area. So I hose it out, and leave it for a while. Come back, and a very small amount had run down, it looked like from below/behind the fuel tank coming from the middle of the boat, not the motor. It looks like gear/lower unit oil, it is dark brown/black, not green/blue. Any ideas?
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Re: Oil in bilge help?
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06/11/10 03:44 AM
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2Strokes
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Do you have a oil reservoir tank some where. That could be leaking.
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Re: Oil in bilge help?
[Re: 2Strokes]
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06/11/10 03:51 AM
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trikflow77
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I have no clue, I have only had the boat for a few days, and astro boat diagrams are hard to come by. It has 2 gas tanks, and they both look easy to pull. I guess I am going to have to yank them to be able to see anything.
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Re: Oil in bilge help?
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06/11/10 04:00 AM
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trikflow77
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I have an oil reservoir tank, but it is seperated from the bilge area and not leaking. This boat has three compartments by the transom, not one long one.
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Re: Oil in bilge help?
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#4965068
06/11/10 06:14 AM
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Does it SMELL like gear oil? It has a very distinctive smell.
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Re: Oil in bilge help?
[Re: OldFrog]
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06/11/10 03:06 PM
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trikflow77
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No, it doesnt smell like gear oil.
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Re: Oil in bilge help?
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06/11/10 05:32 PM
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I used to carry an extra bottle of oil in mine in case something happened with the oil injection. It developed a slow leak and made a mess. Other than that the only thing it could be in the remote oil tank or the lines from the tank to the motor.
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Re: Oil in bilge help?
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06/11/10 08:52 PM
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trikflow77
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nvm, the guy I bought it from had a secret stash of USED oil underneath on of the storage compartments by the livewell pumps. wtf???
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