water in the oil

[vtbob]

water leaking into the valve chamber thru a small hole in between the valve springs. I spoke to Ken at moyer he was very informative Ken recommended that I use a drill and a 1/8 npt tap then install a npt brass plug.he said I'll only get one shot at this, I'm posting this to see if anyone in the group has done this and if you have any advice

[Don Moyer]

In each of the 3 or 4 cases that we've seen these leaks ourselves, Universal had drilled and tapped the flaws to 1/4" NPT pipe threads and then installed an Allen headed plain steel pipe plug. The plugs failed by corroding through the end of the Allen headed recess. In each case, we were able to remove the pipe plug with a 1/4" Allen wrench and replace it with a brass plug. Don

[vtbob]

I went to the boat to take some pictures, I'm not sure is that a square allen in the middle? that's where the water is squirting from

[azazzera]

I dont remember a factory plug being in that location. I think that Don was talking about a flaw to an area of the block that should be solid steel. the fix is to turn the flaw into a threaded hole and putting a plug to it. Or I could be completely wrong.

[Don Moyer]

vtbob, it's a little difficult to tell from your photo, but if that little hole is where you're seeing water come out, and it's in the center between the two center valve springs, then it could be the Universal repair plug that we've seen on rather rare occasions. If this is your case, I suggest probing a bit more in the center of what may be a 1/4" NPT pipe plug. Note that a hole for a 1/4" Allen wrench wouldn't be square but hexagonal. Don

[azazzera]

Don.
Can you explain further about this. I have never heard about this before. When you say it was a “flaw”, dose that mean a thin spot in the castings that tends to leak there or is it a designed plug there that has a flaw and needs to be fixed.