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Anyone else having electrolysis...

jjordi69
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Anyone else having electrolysis issues with their Merc Alpha 1?  2016

 

My boat is just one year old and the fin "skeg" is already showing lots of it.  In a lake.  Has aluminum anodes on it.  My concern is whether Merc is using cheap aluminum these days.  I also have a small jon boat with a 1992 Merc 9.9 and they are about 8' apart in the water tied to our dock and not a spot on the 9.9 yet the Alpha has lots already.

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Sneaky_Pete
Guest Contributor
Is it painted black? My black painted bravo 3 started flaking at the edges in one year in fresh water. The dealer
repainted it twice but it just keeps flaking. The dealer said this is normal. I can only surmise that SR wants the boat to look sleek enough to buy it from the showroom floor when it's new and that unpainted outdrives don't sell as well as painted ones.