My old merc 4 stroke had an oil filter, but my new mercury 8 hp does not come with one. Is there a reason mercury 4 stroke low horse power engines no longer use oil filters?
Besides the color, and the way the shifting is in the handle what are the differences between the two outboards? I looked at the prop chart for the mercury and it shows that the merc should have a 14 spline prop while the Tohatsu should have a 12 spline prop, but when I verified this on my...