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Old 16 July 2018, 22:15   #1
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BF90 - Gear Oil leak from.... WATER INTAKE?!

Is this even possible?

Friend took his RIB out the other day. I was looking at it earlier and spotted a small bit of gear oil on the ground. Traced it up to the bottom of the water intake holes... is this even possible?

Defo not from the oil fill plug.
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Is this even possible?

Friend took his RIB out the other day. I was looking at it earlier and spotted a small bit of gear oil on the ground. Traced it up to the bottom of the water intake holes... is this even possible?

Defo not from the oil fill plug.
There'll be an oil seal for the drive shaft at the top of the gearbox under the water pump so........yes it's possible. Pressure test then probably gearbox and water pump off to get at it.
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So after a bit of Googling, it appears it could be either the drive-shaft seal or the shift-selector seal.... time to take the drive off and pressure test, I guess (unless it's gonna be obvious when leg taken off)
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So after a bit of Googling, it appears it could be either the drive-shaft seal or the shift-selector seal.... time to take the drive off and pressure test, I guess (unless it's gonna be obvious when leg taken off)
If it's the gearshift seal the oil is more likely to come out of the exhaust than the water inlet holes. But if you're stripping to replace one, it might be worth doing both. Oil seals are not expensive.
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If it's the gearshift seal the oil is more likely to come out of the exhaust than the water inlet holes. But if you're stripping to replace one, it might be worth doing both. Oil seals are not expensive.
Wouldn't mind but I helped him change the impeller not so long ago... i'm almost certain the seal was included but he was too impatient to change the seal at the same time.
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At least you caught it, had a gearbox go bang years ago for same failure whilst out, I mean BANG btw, 10p seal cost over 1000 quid in gears
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