Yep. It is disgusting. I’ve run Evinrude outboards for 30 years and this makes me want to puke.
I’m really glad the engine on my current boat doesn’t have a lot of hours on it. I take good care of it, and will take extra good care of it from here on out. The way I baby that thing it ought to last as long as I do.
If it ever does blow up one thing is certain - I won’t be replacing it with one of those pos black anchor Mercury engines. I’d buy a stinking Tohatsu before I’d buy a Mercury.
Mercs have a reputation for being “welfare motors”. Something about their paint job and the fact that they seldom work.