water from drive shaft

[Birdman]

so i was changing my prop yesterday after tweeking it slightly during our canada day festivities and noticed that there was water draining from the drive shaft under the boat i though i remembered a thred once that stated this was normal but i couldn't find it in a search. has anyone noticed this before?

[rdlangston13]

so i was changing my prop yesterday after tweeking it slightly during our canada day festivities and noticed that there was water draining from the drive shaft under the boat i though i remembered a thred once that stated this was normal but i couldn't find it in a search. has anyone noticed this before?

That is the water draining from the dripless shaft seal. You have a hose that feed water to it for lubrication.

[moombahighrider]

But it should only be dripping water when pressurized (motor running). Was it just residual left over or was it actually dripping at a regular rate?

You weren't changing the prop with the motor running, I hope....

[Birdman]

We pulled it out and up about 60 feet from the dock to change it and it ran out of there for a bout 20-30 seconds


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