Outboard motor

An outboard motor comprising:

• an intake pathway by which air sucked from outside into an intake space inside an engine cover through an outside air intake port provided at the engine cover covering an engine is guided to a throttle body of the engine, wherein:
• the engine cover is formed to be able to be split into an engine lower cover and an engine upper cover in an up and down direction;
• the intake pathway comprises an upstream side duct and a downstream side duct, the upstream side duct being fixed to the engine upper cover of the engine cover so that air can circulate downward in the upstream side duct, the downstream side duct being fixed to the engine side in parallel with the upstream side duct so that air can circulate upward in the downstream side duct;
• the upstream side duct comprises an exhaust port which is opened at a side face of the upstream side duct;
• the downstream side duct comprises a downstream side lower duct and a downstream side upper duct, the downstream side lower duct extending upward so as to form an air ascending flow, the downstream side lower duct comprising a suction port provided at a position opposed to the exhaust port and separately at a predetermined distance from the exhaust port, the downstream side upper duct being formed toward the throttle body of the engine above the downstream side lower duct, the downward side upper duct comprising an exhaust port communicating with the throttle body;
• and
• the upstream side duct and the downstream side duct are formed so as not to interfere with each other when the engine upper cover of the engine cover is moved vertically.