Inboard/outboard outside hydraulic hose

[Althepal78]

Hi, I was wondering if I need to take out the whole engine just to fix that hose or could I fix it exactly where it is after I drain the oil of course?

 

[Espos4]

The 4 braided hoses on the exterior can be replaced without draining fluid or removing the engine. You will lose some fluid just keep a drain pan under it.

Be careful threading the new fittings, they can strip easily.

 

[Althepal78]

So just take it off cool. I have Teflon tape would that help? Should I push the trim down?

 

[Espos4]

No tape. It’s a flared fitting. The threads don’t make the seal.

If I remember correctly, you need to remove the ram to get better access to the hose with the long metal pipe on it.

Make sure the drive is supported when you loosen the hose. It’ll push fluid out and drop down.

 

[Althepal78]

The 4 braided hoses on the exterior can be replaced without draining fluid or removing the engine. You will lose some fluid just keep a drain pan under it.

Be careful threading the new fittings, they can strip easily.

What about this piece

So just take it off cool. I have Teflon tape would that help? Should I push the trim down?

 

[Espos4]

What about this piece

That’s an anode. Remove it for better access. Reinstall when your done.

 

[Althepal78]

No tape. It’s a flared fitting. The threads don’t make the seal.

If I remember correctly, you need to remove the ram to get better access to the hose with the long metal pipe on it.

Make sure the drive is supported when you looses the hose. It’ll push fluid out and drop down.

I'm only taking off the right side piece hose

 

[Althepal78]

That’s an anode. Remove it for better access. Reinstall when your done.

Thanks

 

[Scott215]

Just be careful when you crack the line that you have a block or something under the drive. You should be fine ,use a good quality line wrench on the lines

 

[scoflaw]

Bleed the system with the rams off and vertical

 

[Espos4]

Bleed the system with the rams off and vertical

I was prepared to do this when I changed the black and gray hoses from the pump to the manifold last month. Before I pulled the rams off, I cycled the pump up and down about 10 times. Each time I let it sit either full up or full down for a few minutes. That was enough to bleed out the air without removing the rams.

 

[Wanderer 290]

That anode may be a mercathode. It has a gasket and 2 wires going up in to the transom plate then to the top of the engine. Avoid loosing that because there is not much slack in the wires and and disturbing the gasket will probably cause a leak.

 

[Althepal78]

I don't know what you mean by bleed the line

 

[Althepal78]

It has been completed

 

[Espos4]

I don't know what you mean by bleed the line

When you install new hose(s) There will be air in the system.
This will make the pump noisy and when tilted up, the drive can be easily pushed down.

Cycling the trim up and down should purge the air from the system. As Scoflaw noted, you make need to remove the rams with the hoses attached and cycle the trim up and down with the rams held in a vertical position to bleed out all of the air.

 

[Althepal78]

When you install new hose(s) There will be air in the system.
This will make the pump noisy and when tilted up, the drive can be easily pushed down.

Cycling the trim up and down should purge the air from the system. As Scoflaw noted, you make need to remove the rams with the hoses attached and cycle the trim up and down with the rams held in a vertical position to bleed out all of the air.

Ok thank you all for the information