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Penetrode Offroad said:
Initial post, didnt winterize it properly.

And OP, fucking pics dude!
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That doesn't make any sense. I've never heard of an outboard having any damage from not "winterizing". I know of a lot of people that with outboards that don't do anything to them for winter aside from pulling the boat out of the water.
Only thing I can think of is that the gearcase had a leak and got water in where the oil should be, froze, and cracked.
 
larboc said:
That doesn't make any sense. I've never heard of an outboard having any damage from not "winterizing". I know of a lot of people that with outboards that don't do anything to them for winter aside from pulling the boat out of the water.
Only thing I can think of is that the gearcase had a leak and got water in where the oil should be, froze, and cracked.
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Doesn't matter now... its in my driveway and the lower is obviously newer than the rest of the unit. I bought it just in time for back-to-back-to-back snowstorms to hit, so I won't be able to play with it for a couple weeks.
 
larboc said:
That doesn't make any sense. I've never heard of an outboard having any damage from not "winterizing". I know of a lot of people that with outboards that don't do anything to them for winter aside from pulling the boat out of the water.
Only thing I can think of is that the gearcase had a leak and got water in where the oil should be, froze, and cracked.
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That is pretty common around me it seems.

Guys run these rivers or duck hunt. Banging the lower unit off basically everything in the water. Either the oil leaks out over winter and they don't check it in the spring, or it gets water in it and freezes.

My lower unit leaks on my outboard. But I drain it in the fall anyway on both my boats. That way I don't have oil spots on the floor and it is habit to know they are empty when I pull it out in the spring.
 
larboc said:
That doesn't make any sense. I've never heard of an outboard having any damage from not "winterizing". I know of a lot of people that with outboards that don't do anything to them for winter aside from pulling the boat out of the water.
Only thing I can think of is that the gearcase had a leak and got water in where the oil should be, froze, and cracked.
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This, always check or change the lower unit oil before freezing weather, it probably had enough water in the lower unit to freeze, gears and bearings were probably already toast but could have been saved,but now it probably split the gearcase. I've heard of people having rhem split by leaving it tilted up,but never seen it personally
 
larboc said:
That doesn't make any sense. I've never heard of an outboard having any damage from not "winterizing". I know of a lot of people that with outboards that don't do anything to them for winter aside from pulling the boat out of the water.
Only thing I can think of is that the gearcase had a leak and got water in where the oil should be, froze, and cracked.
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Dont get all uppity on me. :homer:

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So I’m looking at a boat with inboard/outboard drive. The fin under the prop was very ragged. There was also a crack in the aluminum where the fin flares out to the gears/shaft. Would this be very hard to fix? The guy drove the boat like that and it worked fine.
 
WaterH said:
So I’m looking at a boat with inboard/outboard drive. The fin under the prop was very ragged. There was also a crack in the aluminum where the fin flares out to the gears/shaft. Would this be very hard to fix? The guy drove the boat like that and it worked fine.
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I would plan on a new lower unit. If it has a crack close to the gear case then water could get into the lower and that's bad.

I have broken off a skeg before and they sell new skegs to weld on. I welded the new skeg on my lower and it was fine. Mine was not cracked by the gearcase though.
 
WaterH said:
So I’m looking at a boat with inboard/outboard drive. The fin under the prop was very ragged. There was also a crack in the aluminum where the fin flares out to the gears/shaft. Would this be very hard to fix? The guy drove the boat like that and it worked fine.
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The nicks on the skeg ( lower vertical fin under the prop.) are nothing to get overly concerned with.

Scuff aroud the crack and jb weld and might last years/ decades, or you might blow out the lower unit out in a few hours.

If you’re thinking about leaving the boat in the water long term, an I/O is less than ideal.

And as a new coastal boater get a sea tow or tow boat us membership- it’s AAA for boats. The &150 annual fee costs less than half an hour of their retail non-member tow rate (they bill from the time they leave their dock tp the time they deliver you tp your destination.
 
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WTF? said:
The nicks on the skeg ( lower vertical fin under the prop.) are nothing to get overly concerned with.

Scuff aroud the crack and jb weld and might last years/ decades, or you might blow out the lower unit out in a few hours.

If you’re thinking about leaving the boat in the water long term, an I/O is less than ideal.

And as a new coastal boater get a sea tow or tow boat us membership- it’s AAA for boats. The &150 annual fee costs less than half an hour of their retail non-member tow rate (they bill from the time they leave their dock tp the time they deliver you tp your destination.
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Yea, from what I’m seeing on the net, the skeg is not an issue, but everyone says replace the cracked housing. It’s about a $1000 if I do the work. Doesn’t look hard. It will effect any offer I make.
 
WaterH said:
Yea, from what I’m seeing on the net, the skeg is not an issue, but everyone says replace the cracked housing. It’s about a $1000 if I do the work. Doesn’t look hard. It will effect any offer I make.
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Offer based on new parts cost but you should be able to find used I/O shit all over CL (if FL is anything like MA). Just a matter of figuring out what you have and what you need.

Cleaning and rebuilding a lower unit is arguably below your skill level.
 
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