I had the same problem. It ended up being a cracked plastic fitting between the upper and lower unit on the outdrive. Replaced that and was good to go. The boat was brand new - the MarineMax captain ran it aground on the sea trial before I bought ...
Hard to imagine a boater stealing from another boater - the perp is probably a 3rd party or the other scenario is that a marina employee accidentally cut/spilled/dropped and broke the seat and did not fess up..... I was having scheduled maintenance d...
Marina is getting me as new one from Sea Ray, as soon as they reopen from their holiday shutdown. Had to cancel Holiday outings because of this. Major pain - I keep the boat in a secure marina barn - guess you cannot be too careful. Marina is payn...