Hi, I have had no choice but to keep this little nissan 8hp 2stroke in the salt water the last two summers, just not practical to take to rinse out or even flush the motor very often, i understand this motor won't last long under these conditions, but this is needed for it's usage.
As you see under the paint on the leg there is several bubbles, the picture i attached showing the worst.. i sprayed the motor as much as could with wf-40, but as you see these bubbles are bad all of a sudden the last few weeks really. I am not sure what i should do to try to prolong it's life, i am thinking of girding down the bubbles to see if there is good metal under and repaint, is this a good idea even ?
How bad does this look ? just a little rust under the paint that can grid off or just trashed ? is there something going on because of the fins that came with the motor maybe or also one of the nipple on the grease things was replaced with an automotive one, the anode on the trim tab part is about 1/3 gone or so, i was thinking to replace but wondering if something else is going on and how to stop and repair this, have the motor out now it trying to try to fix it as much as possible.
Thanks everyone !
As you see under the paint on the leg there is several bubbles, the picture i attached showing the worst.. i sprayed the motor as much as could with wf-40, but as you see these bubbles are bad all of a sudden the last few weeks really. I am not sure what i should do to try to prolong it's life, i am thinking of girding down the bubbles to see if there is good metal under and repaint, is this a good idea even ?
How bad does this look ? just a little rust under the paint that can grid off or just trashed ? is there something going on because of the fins that came with the motor maybe or also one of the nipple on the grease things was replaced with an automotive one, the anode on the trim tab part is about 1/3 gone or so, i was thinking to replace but wondering if something else is going on and how to stop and repair this, have the motor out now it trying to try to fix it as much as possible.
Thanks everyone !
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