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Running at Havasu this weekend (Yea, we didn't see the check point at the mouth of the lake and yea, blew through it at 70mph, but putted through at less then 5 mph on the way back WTF!!) started smelling gear oil after running past the sand bar. We stopped and removed the cover and it looked like and explosion of gear oil mixed with water that came out of the breather vent on the v-drive. I checked the oil and it was full or even a little low, but milky and pasty. I am using Redline shock proof gear oil. We did make it back to the dock and no unusual noises were heard from the v-drive I just did a gear change last year with a new mid plate and case half's due to water intrusion, but nothing like this. No issues last year and none the first two trips this year. I am figuring that it blew one of the gaskets between the plate and case??
My question is do I need to really run water through the Casale v-drive or do I need to slow the water flow down. It is a 1977 22ft with a blown 496 BBC with the T400 trans. I have owned the boat for more than 20 years and done countless gear changes which I have done myself with no issues. I do run this boat hard and for long distances. I send some pictures of the mess tonight. any help would be great. Thanks
Running at Havasu this weekend (Yea, we didn't see the check point at the mouth of the lake and yea, blew through it at 70mph, but putted through at less then 5 mph on the way back WTF!!) started smelling gear oil after running past the sand bar. We stopped and removed the cover and it looked like and explosion of gear oil mixed with water that came out of the breather vent on the v-drive. I checked the oil and it was full or even a little low, but milky and pasty. I am using Redline shock proof gear oil. We did make it back to the dock and no unusual noises were heard from the v-drive I just did a gear change last year with a new mid plate and case half's due to water intrusion, but nothing like this. No issues last year and none the first two trips this year. I am figuring that it blew one of the gaskets between the plate and case??
My question is do I need to really run water through the Casale v-drive or do I need to slow the water flow down. It is a 1977 22ft with a blown 496 BBC with the T400 trans. I have owned the boat for more than 20 years and done countless gear changes which I have done myself with no issues. I do run this boat hard and for long distances. I send some pictures of the mess tonight. any help would be great. Thanks