Reply To: Gear oil in a 1982 Evinrude 7.5

[Don]

billy-t wrote:

Hi just changing a impeller on this 1982 7.5 evinrude, thought i would check the gear case lube and it looks nice an clean but would appear to be fairly thin stuff.  Not sure have not worked on anything this modern lol. So wondered if someone could quickly tell me what lube is right for this gear case.  Model no.

7.5 hp E8RCNR

Thanks Bill

These gearcases have a design flaw, that must be due to cost cutting.  There is no bronze bushing between the reverse gear and prop shaft bushing/seal hsg, which leads to overheated lube/breakdown, especially on engines used as tenders/sailboats that use reverse gear frequently.  So change your gear lube often.