jeremy5780
Petty Officer 2nd Class
- Joined
- May 8, 2008
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- 147
I bought a used 1990 200 johnson and the midsection has a hole/crack about the size of a quarter. It is located on the midsection right above the lower mounting bracket cover. When ran you can see smoke coming out the hole/crack but the motor runs fine. The guy even said it has been like this for a few years. He belived the grounding wires broke and it got eaten away by the salt and electrical current. My question is whats the harm running it like this? I pulled the lower unit off and all seemed fine no rusted bolts or excessive amouts of water.