Low hour, brackish water

[john john]

4 year old, merc 8.2 I/o, 50 hr, brackish water, dry stacked, maybe flushed, looks good, any way to know if a potential problem? Buy, don' buy? Current boat run in fresh and brackish, no problem, but I know boat.

 

[bruceb58]

Even if it was run in 100% salt water, 50 hours is basically nothing to worry about corrosion wise.

I would still have a compression test done on an engine that sat a lot.