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Gozills

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Id pressure test the water jackets/gaskets of the exhaust and double check water routing-sounds like exhaust wayer inversion
 

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Pressure test exhaust and double check water routing/ from your description could be exhaust inversion if you have an internal exhaust leak or incorrect routing
 

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@ Gozills Would that show up as water in the oil or oil in the air box? I do not think the engine overheats.
 

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Did you put it on the hose and see if it is still missing?
 

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@ Gozills Would that show up as water in the oil or oil in the air box? I do not think the engine overheats.
depends on the size of the leak-it could leak enough to misfire but not obviously show in the oil-the best comparison would be a supercharged engine with a leaking intercooler. Though not a direct comparison since the intercooler leaks into the intake. An internal leak in a water jacketed exhaust can cause similar misfire issues.
 

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Did you put it on the hose and see if it is still missing?
I dont think I’ve ever noticed it missing on the hose, but no I haven’t tried it yet.
I won’t be able to mess with it again until Sunday day or Monday unfortunately.
 

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I dont think I’ve ever noticed it missing on the hose, but no I haven’t tried it yet.
I won’t be able to mess with it again until Sunday day or Monday unfortunately.
testing on the hose has limited value since its not under load
 

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True. Especially if it has not been doing it on the hose.

I just don't think you want to take too many steps more before seeing if anything you have done to date worked. You may wind up at least doing a lot of needless work and at worst breaking something else in your search. I know I have fixed things and then (not knowing I fixed them), taken off a part or whatever and snapped a clip or a part. Then I ultimately find I didn't even need to be doing that.
 

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To close the thread...did a water test today before troubleshooting more things. Boat ran amazing. I hit 44 mph on the speedometer.
Best guess:
- loose connection that was fixed when applying the dielectric grease
- oil slightly overfilled (I removed a little bit before taking it out since we found some oil near the air filter in the housing)
Thank you all, but especially @tdonoughue for all the back and forth texting and going above/beyond to get the YDS cable.
 
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