squeeg333
06-13-2011, 11:18 AM
Hey guys, so I finally was able to at least put the water to my boat this weekend. Hooked it up to the Fake-a-lake, and she fired right up. After smoking out the neighbors with burning off the fogging oil, I did the usual summerizing check for leaks. Fortunately, all of the hoses and connections that I had removed for winterization, and prop shaft removal seemed to be just fine. However, once the engine was warm, I noticed a few small leaks. Two are very small leaks coming from the inlet and outlet of the exhaust manifold, where the two Gann 90 deg elbows are. It looks like the pipe dope that was used to seal these two elbows is going bad. The other leak that I saw was a very small leak from the port exhaust manifold gasket, near the front of the engine (bow end).
My question for you guys out there is two fold: Have you ever seen this gasket leak before? In my experience, gaskets find a way to leak eventually. The second question is do you guys know if leaky gaskets are under Indmar's enginer warranty? My engine has one more year left on it's warranty, so, I suppose if it'll be covered it'd be worth having it taken care of. I haven't taken it into the shop, as it's not an outrageous leak or anything. The parts would be in the neighborhood of 20 bucks from SkiDIM, and would probably take me 4 hours to tackle... but if it's under warrany, then might as well have it looked at.
What do you guys think? All the leaks are very slow drips, but I don't want to see them get worse.
My question for you guys out there is two fold: Have you ever seen this gasket leak before? In my experience, gaskets find a way to leak eventually. The second question is do you guys know if leaky gaskets are under Indmar's enginer warranty? My engine has one more year left on it's warranty, so, I suppose if it'll be covered it'd be worth having it taken care of. I haven't taken it into the shop, as it's not an outrageous leak or anything. The parts would be in the neighborhood of 20 bucks from SkiDIM, and would probably take me 4 hours to tackle... but if it's under warrany, then might as well have it looked at.
What do you guys think? All the leaks are very slow drips, but I don't want to see them get worse.