YoungClayB
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Hey guys...I bought a 1995 Sea Nymph with a 50 HP 2 cycle Evinrude with power tilt/trim a couple of months ago. When I first got the boat, the power tilt/trim worked fine, but on my second trip to the lake, it started having troubles raising the motor. I was hoping that I was just low on fluid, but when I took a closer look, the cylinder was covered in fluid. I called my local marine shop and they said that a seal had blown; I paid around $250 bucks to get it fixed (70 bucks for the seal kit and a couple hours labor at $85 per hour :shock: )
So again, on my second trip to the lake after getting the tilt/trim fixed, I am having the same issue. Initial symptom was the same as before: motor would go down, but needed assistance going up. Once I got the boat back on the trailer, I looked at the cylinder and it was again covered in fluid.
I am hopeful that the marine shop will fix it without charging me since I just picked the boat up from the shop last week, but you never know.
I guess my question is: Whats going on here? Are the tilt/trim systems really this prone to failure? Or am I just having a streak of bad luck. Is there anything that I could be doing to cause this? I dont think its my fault, but 2 failures is starting to make me wonder.
Thanks guys.
So again, on my second trip to the lake after getting the tilt/trim fixed, I am having the same issue. Initial symptom was the same as before: motor would go down, but needed assistance going up. Once I got the boat back on the trailer, I looked at the cylinder and it was again covered in fluid.
I am hopeful that the marine shop will fix it without charging me since I just picked the boat up from the shop last week, but you never know.
I guess my question is: Whats going on here? Are the tilt/trim systems really this prone to failure? Or am I just having a streak of bad luck. Is there anything that I could be doing to cause this? I dont think its my fault, but 2 failures is starting to make me wonder.
Thanks guys.