Fix lower leg seals on older 20HP?

[timsesink]

Hey Guys
I've got an 80's era Evinrude that has water entering the leg. It will hold oil well enough, I just need to drain it and refill about 2x a season. I'm wondering if I should try to get it fixed or just run as is. The motor is a bit rough and won't idle well so she ain't no queen!

[Willowtrail]

Fix it. Cheaper to fix it than to replace it.
How much water are you getting in there?
Run some seafoam through it too if you haven't. I just sold an '82 Johnson and it ran like a top. Motor was bulletproof.

[catnthehat]

Fix that deal before you have to change out your bottom end!
A little water will turn the oil milky for sure but having to drain it twice a season is playing odds that I have found from experience that rarely pay off
Cat

[Opa]

Are seals your problem, or do you have a hairline crack on the bottom end that is giving you the grief?

[TROLLER]

Fix it before you find yourself far from the dock hoping a boat will come by to tow you in.

[timsesink]

She's in at the shop as we speak.