Ok thanks I just wanted to double check. I just checked a lower unit from the top drain plug screw to see if it had gear oil inside. Planning to just put a new washer on and re install the plug.
You could also replace the bottom one , as long as the top screw is sealed there will only be a slight dribble come out when you remove the bottom screw. You should remove the bottom screw in any case as if there is any water in the lower unit it will come out first ........not a good thing but your better off knowing .
Ya I plan on replacing all 3 lower unit washers when I change the gear oil. I just bought this outboard and the seller said he wasn’t sure if he drained the gear oil out or not which confused me so I wanted to check it and at least see if it had oil which it did.
I appreciate the information. I’ve done many lower unit oil changes always with the outboard vertical and always replace my drain plug washers with new ones. In this particular case I just wanted to make sure that this outboard was stored by its previous owner with gear oil and wanted to reuse the drain plug washer while I had it stored outside in the rain. I just wanted to make sure that reusing that washer would not cause any rain water to leak in while it sat outside while I ordered new washers from marineengine to change the lower unit oil. Thank you again
Yeah I doubt it too. Washers would have to be complete junk. Well that gives me better peace of mind
