00:00Okay, so if you've ever pulled your outboard out of the water at the end of the season and found
00:04that chalky white crust eating away at your lower unit, you know exactly how expensive salt water
00:09can get. Corrosion doesn't announce itself, it just quietly chews through your motor until
00:14you're staring at a repair bill that makes your eyes water. So I went digging and rounded up the
00:19top 5 anodes and gaskets for preventing outboard corrosion, and honestly, the prices on these are
00:24almost silly compared to what they save you. Kicking things off is the 332-6006-0 red seal
00:31gasket for the lower casing on Yamaha outboards. Now I know, a gasket isn't exactly thrilling content,
00:38but this little red seal is the thing standing between your deer case and a slow water intrusion
00:42that turns your deer oil into a milkshake. It's a proper OEM spec fit, so you're not fighting it
00:48during reassembly, and at $3.63, it's cheaper than a coffee. Almost 4900 sold with a perfect
00:555-star rating tells you everything. Honestly, buy 2 or 3 and toss the spares in your toolbox,
01:01you'll thank yourself. Next up is the 55321-87J00 anode for Suzuki outboards,
01:09and this one's kind of the workhorse of the list. What I really like is the coverage,
01:13it fits everything from the little 9.9, 15, 25, and 30 horse 2-strokes all the way up to
01:19the 4
01:19through 350 horsepower 4-strokes. So if you've got a couple of different Suzuki's around the dock,
01:26one part number covers you. $6.65. That's it. 4600 plus sold, 5 stars across the board,
01:36and it's doing the job of sacrificing itself so your aluminum housing doesn't have to.
01:40Then there's the 55321-93J01 anode, which is aimed at the bigger Suzuki DF-150 through DF-300 motors.
01:49The clever part here is the cross compatibility, it also crosses over to Johnson and Evinrude
01:54part number 503-5786, so it covers more rigs than the box lets on. If you're running a big 4
02:01-stroke,
02:02that's a lot of expensive metal sitting in the water, and this $7.80 part is your insurance policy.
02:094600 sold, perfect rating. I genuinely replace these every season without even thinking about
02:15it, that's how cheap the protection is. Coming in at number 4, the zinc anode kit
02:20for Suzuki 90, 100, 115, and 140 horsepower outboards. This is the one I'd point most people
02:28toward, because it's a complete kit, you get the full set of anodes for the motor instead of hunting
02:32down three separate part numbers and hoping you got them all. 1598 for the whole thing.
02:38That is genuinely one of the best value-per-dollar items on this entire list.
02:444500 sold, 5 stars, and it turns anode maintenance into a one-afternoon job instead of a scavenger hunt.
02:51And rounding out the list, the Suzuki zinc anode cover gasket set, fitting 25 all the way through
02:56140 horsepower outboards. Here's the thing people forget, when you pull that exhaust cover to swap
03:02the anode underneath, that old gasket is toast. Reusing it is how you end up with leaks and,
03:08ironically, more corrosion. This one covers OEM numbers 11265-87E10 and 87x10 to the power of 0,
03:17so the fit is spot on. 1296, over 3700 sold, 5-star rating.
03:23Pair it with the anode kit and you've done the job properly the first time.
03:28Alright, that's the list all 5 links are sitting right down in the description below,
03:32so go grab whatever fits your motor before the next season sneaks up on you.
03:36If this saved you some money or some headaches,
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03:43Catch you in the next one.
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