Help - port engine making rattling sound

[swatski]

Update - there were 2 pieces of wood !!- the other was like a thick branch - dug in really hard into port impeller. It’s amazing it got through the grate (like 1 and 1/2 inch thic by 5 inches - huge - - I had a jet boat repair guy do it because i feared - the impeller blade was nicked and they trimmed it. It took a few minutes just to dislodge the wood off the impeller once they removed it.
Well - first incident in 150 hours. Also had them put on the Magnum AK on align the steering cables. Can’t wait to take out again Monday. Thx again to everyone for their input.

Great!
Sometimes it could be small twigs stuck in the stator, no other way to get those out - need to pull the pump.

@Matt Appler The last time I had to pull the pump - two weeks ago - I had this stuck in the impeller. The largest piece was about 1-2"-sized.
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Symptoms from the above were not like yours, but what you are describing reminded me of the other time I had something stuck up like this - below
I remember now - those twigs were giving me weird feedback at low speed but once I opened up the throttles - seemed to run okay.
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That above is the stator segment - directly aft to the impeller.

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