I have two small outboard engines. One is a 60's era Sears (Elgin) and the other is a Tanaka. I've never run the Sears but other than a couple of dents in the tank, it looks complete and rarely used. Not much sign of ever being in salt water. The Tanaka was a Costco purchase back in about 1998, I only ran it for about 2 hours. It will need some of the rubber parts parts replaced as it has sat for years. Both engines have good compression.