Tin Diesel
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I'm new to power boat ownership having just bought my brother's 2007 2575 RL I/O. It has a Mercruiser 5.0L Alpha.
The engine only has 100 hours on it, but for the last three years was hardly used (my brother passed last year) . My sister-in-law says it hasn't been started since last spring, although it got regular spring/fall maintenance and winterizing.
In November we took it on a 20-minute spin before putting it on the trailer to bring it down to Houston. It ran OK.
We've had it in storage for the last month. When I picked it up yesterday I saw this oil leaking out of the water intake on the sterndrive on both sides. I'd appreciate comments and information as to what this means. See attached picture.
The engine only has 100 hours on it, but for the last three years was hardly used (my brother passed last year) . My sister-in-law says it hasn't been started since last spring, although it got regular spring/fall maintenance and winterizing.
In November we took it on a 20-minute spin before putting it on the trailer to bring it down to Houston. It ran OK.
We've had it in storage for the last month. When I picked it up yesterday I saw this oil leaking out of the water intake on the sterndrive on both sides. I'd appreciate comments and information as to what this means. See attached picture.