wrote:
I am wanting to purchase a boat and everything looks pretty good
except the outboard. The owner claims he has never had it in salt
water, but it has been in a freshwater slip for at least a year. Take
a look at the picture posted he
http://home.nc.rr.com/glenbell/volvopenta.htm

My questions a
- Is this normal for freshwater?
- If this is professionaly repainted will there be a good chance it
will look good again?
- What might that cost?

If it hasn't been in sal****er, it has been in a slip with a lot of
electrical currents in the water. I don't know where the anode is on
that motor...what does it look like?

BTW, that's NOT an outboard motor. It is the business end of an I/O.

If you want a professional looking paint job, you are going to have to
disassembly the unit, work on the parts to get rid of the corrosion, and
take the prepped pieces to an auto body shop for proper priming and
painting.

Or you could have it powder coated. Dunno what that might cost.