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And of course, we all know that every outboard owner always changes his gear lube every Fall……. LOL! I t really amazes me how people neglect the gearcase oil on an outboard, or a stern drive for that matter. I always ask when I’m working on an engine or drive, if the owner has changed the oil in the last year. The replies vary….” Well it doesn’t have many hours on it” [my favorite] or ”I don’t know” or ” Is their oil in their somewhere?” I remember my years at the dealership when I used to see Bravo Three lower gearcase driven gears with pits or cavitys in them. The gear lube would come out black with that nasty smell. Mercury used to tell us that it was caused from dirty gear lube or lack of changing it.