Re: 9.5 OMC leaking exhaust question

[johnyrude200]

UPDATE. In my search to determine what was going on, I found water in the cylinders. As FrankR has been so kind enough to point out, that water can come in through a leaky exhaust baffle. I have already pulled the cylinder head and turned the flywheel over a few times, and I will say there was a HUGE gush of water that came in through the exhaust ports into both cylinders, with the white froth. It was at least 12 ounces of water.

I will replace the head gasket (although it looks completely fine) to see if this improves things. If not, looks like I’ll be into a full teardown on this baby to investigate further.