vee drive using/losing oil. any ideas????

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  • stegan25
    • May 2010
    • 1


    • SKI nautique 196 226 air nautique
    #1

    vee drive using/losing oil. any ideas????

    i have been toping up the vee drive pretty regularly now and just wondering before i take the boat apart, has
    anyone got good info and experiance on this???
    it in a 2005 226 air nautique.
    thanks.
    Tags: vee drive
  • Mikeski
    1,000 Post Club Member
    • Jul 2003
    • 2908

    • San Francisco, CA

    • Current 2005 SV 211, due for upgrade! GS22 or GS24 perhaps? Previous
    #2
    Walters V drive, common issue. The lower plate is leaking, it needs a new gasket, mine is on it's third but it seems to be holding this time.

    I think there was even a diy post that somebody did after repairing their own leak.

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    • ScrewPusher
      • Feb 2006
      • 77

      • Isle of Wight County, Va

      #3
      Mine SV211 has been leaking for some time, only enough to see some droplets in the bilge. Here is the post, sounds pretty easy.

      http://planetnautique.com/vb3/showth...t-this-weekend

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      • fsts2k
        • Nov 2004
        • 215


        #4
        Originally posted by stegan25 View Post
        i have been toping up the vee drive pretty regularly now and just wondering before i take the boat apart, has
        anyone got good info and experiance on this???
        it in a 2005 226 air nautique.
        thanks.
        We have the same problem on the same boat... Started to get really bad this weekend and were dumping half a quart every 2 hours. Having the marina fix it this week hopefully

        To compound the port ballast fill pump is blowing the circuit now. Sucks

        Did you get yours fixed?

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        • GoBig
          Senior Member of PLANETNAUTIQUE
          • Apr 2008
          • 551

          • Santa Cruz, CA

          #5
          Same issue just came up on my '03 SANTE last time out. My v-drive light started coming on intermittently above 1200 RPMs. I checked the dip stick - bone dry - but no oil in my bilge at all. I changed it 70 hours ago so I was surprised to see that. Thanks for posting the link.

          I guess the question is, as long as you keep oil in it, any other issue running with this leak for awhile - don't think I'm going to be able to get to it for awhile.
          2003 SANTE

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          • fsts2k
            • Nov 2004
            • 215


            #6
            Originally posted by GoBig View Post
            Same issue just came up on my '03 SANTE last time out. My v-drive light started coming on intermittently above 1200 RPMs. I checked the dip stick - bone dry - but no oil in my bilge at all. I changed it 70 hours ago so I was surprised to see that. Thanks for posting the link.

            I guess the question is, as long as you keep oil in it, any other issue running with this leak for awhile - don't think I'm going to be able to get to it for awhile.
            Mine has not frozen up yet and it has had a leak for a while, kept filling it up. With that said, I am sure I have missed the light come on and ran it hard, who knows if I have shortened the life of the drive

            This is the third time I am asking for it to get fixed, if it does not work this time... new dealer/mechanic

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            • DanielC
              1,000 Post Club Member
              • Nov 2005
              • 2669

              • West Linn OR

              • 1997 Ski Nautique
              #7
              Try to tighten up the bolts on the bottom of the V-Drive.

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