Marine outboard drive with oil tank

A marine outboard drive unit having a powerhead including an internal combustion engine and having a lower depending driveshaft housing extending downwardly from said powerhead and having a lower submerged propeller, an oil tank extending partially around and conforming to said driveshaft housing below said powerhead.

A marine outboard drive unit having a powerhead including an internal combustion engine and having a lower depending driveshaft housing extending downwardly from said powerhead and having a lower submerged propeller, a cowl enclosing said engine, a trim cover extending downwardly from said cowl and spaced outwardly from said driveshaft housing, an oil tank in the space between said trim cover and said driveshaft housing, means mounting said oil tank in said trim cover in substantially tight fit relation preventing rattling of said oil tank against said trim cover and against said driveshaft housing.

A marine outboard drive unit having a powerhead including an internal combustion engine and having a lower depending driveshaft housing extending downwardly from said powerhead and having a lower submerged propeller, a cowl enclosing said engine, a trim cover extending downwardly from said cowl and spaced outwardly from said driveshaft housing, an oil tank in the space between said trim cover and said driveshaft housing, said oil tank having a plurality of apertures in the top thereof, a first aperture with a fitting extending upwardly therefrom for filling said tank with oil, a second aperture for receiving an assembly for drawing oil from said tank, and a third aperture with a fitting extending upwardly therefrom for venting said tank.

A marine outboard drive unit having a powerhead including an internal combustion engine and having a lower depending driveshaft housing extending downwardly from said powerhead and having a lower submerged propeller, a cowl enclosing said engine, a trim cover extending downwardly from said cowl and spaced outwardly from said driveshaft housing, a translucent oil tank in the space between said trim cover and said driveshaft housing, an opening in the side of said trim cover affording visual access to said translucent tank to enable visual monitoring of the oil level in said tank.

A marine outboard drive unit having a powerhead including an internal combustion engine and having a lower depending driveshaft housing having a top adaptor plate and extending downwardly from said powerhead and having a lower submerged propeller, a cowl enclosing said engine, a clamp plate beneath said cowl and sandwiching said adaptor plate between said clamp plate and said cowl, a trim cover beneath said clamp plate and extending downwardly and spaced outwardly from said driveshaft housing, and oil tank in the space between said trim cover and said driveshaft housing, means mounting said trim cover to said cowl with said clamp plate therebetween and with said adaptor plate between said clamp plate and said cowl.