Leak Around Transom

kordokordo Member Posts: 251 ✭✭
in General Boating Discussions
I have a leak around my transom assembly on my port engine, about an inch of water per hour.  My mechanic looked for the source of the leak while the boat was in the water and thinks it might be the exhaust horn.  I was hoping for a bellows problem but after taking the drive off, the bellows were fine.  Anyone have this problem before?  Looks like he will have to remove the engine to fix.  Ouch.  
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  • Handymans342Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yes, broken transom bracket
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  • rasburyrasbury Member Posts: 9,000 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Maybe.....
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  • GMSLITHOGMSLITHO Member Posts: 1,625 ✭✭✭✭
    Could be coming from other places also 
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  • Handymans342Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Steering pin too, shift cable boot.
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  • rasburyrasbury Member Posts: 9,000 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited June 2018
    We don't know much about your boat, age etc. I have a transom leak under repair and when I started, one of the more common issues s a rotten transom. I'm mot sure I get that other than having a leak left unfixed eventually would keep the transom wet and eventually set up the rot. What I think I found on mine was the main transom seal was leaking- it is a spongy round seal and only has about 25 lbs of torque on the transom bolts. I replaced all my bellows thinking that was the problem. So between banging the heck out of the asy to get the gimbal bearing out and the pressure to get the steering pins out I caused that seal to flatten more and leak worse. To confirm, I put some silicone around the gimbal on the out side of the transom, backed into the water and had no leaks so I knew it was leaking around the main seal.
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  • kordokordo Member Posts: 251 ✭✭
    2011 360, so hopefully not a problem with the transom.  Are you saying that Rinker transoms have wood in them, not solid fibreglass?  Thanks.    
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  • Handymans342Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yes they have wood
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  • Michael TMichael T Member Posts: 7,241 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yes, wood or compsites/balsa core etc. Fiberglass alone is not appropriate. It would crack and split.
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  • merrickmmerrickm Member Posts: 24 ✭

    There is a fitting for the outdrive oil that stupidly is made of plastic they break a lot may want to see if it broke off
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