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Originally Posted by Tim Hancock
I am not an outboard expert, but if it were my boat, I would only fix the bad engine. Rebuilding the other engine would be wasting usable life that still remains on it.
Multi engine airplanes often have engines that are only rebuilt as needed.
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This is the way I would approach it, but there is still the 17 years of salt water use also to consider. When I was looking at boats there were many with new power heads, so it’s done, but generally the engines were newer.
Cheapest route would be to buy a used motor, around $7,000-$8000. If I only fished in the harbor, within 20 miles from home that is what I would do. But going offshore there is not as much help and it takes a while for someone to get there.