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I'm looking at buying a 89 chaparral 178xl with the original mercruiser 3.0L. I tested drove it and it sounded nice and performed fine. When we pulled it out of the water from the test drive there was an oily residue on the starboard side of the stern. Now this would be my first boat and first...
