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So your not draining the fluid your just topping off the fluid as needed?

I have a 2011 Searay 185 sport 4.3. I did some research and found that the picture attached is for the tilt trim. Does this fluid drain when you drain the gear lube or is this separate fluid? If it is seperate when does this fluid get changed? Do you pump it out? Do you need to bleed the...

Thanks for the response. Got to go back to the and get the right oil. ready to do some maintenence so the marina doesn't rip me off anymore

Thanks that helped alot. not sure if I should start a new thread or you can help me. I have a 2011 185 sport i/o merc 4.3 tks v6 I believe 190 horse. I don't know what oil to put in the boat. I did find a unopened quart of merc 25w40 in the boat so I'm assuming to use that kind??. I tried...

I'm new with doing maintenence on boats. I watched a couple of videos on changing gear lube. When draining old gear oil does the gear oil in the reservoir drain also or do you need to pump it out. Second question is....if the gear oil does drain from the reservoir do you have top off the...

Ok thanks allot that explains it in depth. Thanks for taking time to explain everything.

It is docked in the water and I use it about once a week. I usually pump it twice and it starts right up want sure if I should pumping it.

When you climb up the ladder do you hear a creaking sound? When I climb up mine I hear it on the side of the ladder...trying to figure out if this is normal

Iam a new boater and bought a 2011 185 sport 190 hp. If I don't use the boat for a couple days should I push that button on the shifter [to make the engine rev] and give it two pumps toward the forward position before starting the boat. Or is this totally unnecessary and I should just turn the...

Ok thanks for the help wanted to make sure I wasnt suppose to be flicking a off switch

I'm a newbie bought a 2011 185 sport and wondering if there is some sort of on / off button for the battery for when the boat is not in use. I noticed that even with the key out of the ignition you can still adjust the trim. Iam assuming this will drain the battery because the boat still has...