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Well, low fluid probably wouldn’t cause it to leak down, and you would probably hear the pump gurgling and surging….But, this is a good place to start….Does the engine leak all the way down when tilted up fully? The fill plug should be accessible/visible when you tilt the engine up, it is not positioned between the engine and the transom…Again, please support the engine while working under there so you don’t get hurt…Using an oil squirt can is a great idea for adding fluid, add fluid until it starts to leak back out of the hole when the engine is tilted up fully. Have a look at that manual release valve I spoke about in my earlier post.