Anyone experience red oil in bilge? 2019 Craz about 250 hours was out on a hot weekend with a full crew and full ballast running the boat for a family hard 4-5 hours. Next weekend noticed the bilge pumping out reddish water. Checked the bilge and sure enough about an inch of water (which is typical for my boat) in the bilge but a milky reddish colour. Boat is running fine for now but I’m assuming there is a leak somewhere. My questions now are what is the best way to clean the oily bilge? Could running the boat hard on a hot day (35 Celsius) with a full boat somehow increase the pressure in the transmission and cause the leak and it will fix itself? Any typical places anyone found a transmission oil leak? Any thoughts on the fluid coming from the V-drive or transmission? Could I run the boat (slowly) back to the boat launch if the fluid levels are OK? Thanks all.


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