question about my old outboard

[danzilla]

those are simply check holes they are there to drain the oil that doesn't get used (sometimes thats an indication of running to rich) but if you were trolling all day then you probibally wasn't running it at full throttle to use up all the oil and subsequently it was running down with the exhaust. its normal I get it in both my motors.
I'd check the oil in the lower unit and make sure its ok and run it and watch it.
some of them holes are an indicator of a bad water pump or seals but as long as your gear oil is ok thats all I'd watch for. DZ
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