MalibuMike
Petty Officer 2nd Class
- Joined
- Dec 29, 2020
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- 123
I've been experiencing slow cranking when starting the boat and started to look for issues in hard to reach and hard to see areas. I finally wedged my head between the rear of the motor and the rear transom to see the bolt that has the negative cable on it coming from the battery. It was ugly and will be tackled another day. I did notice a hose that comes off the back of the block that does a few twists down to the back of the transom. I suspect it couples to another pipe and then down to the raw water pick up. If you look at it, you can see that it is a bit pinched and flat on the first curve off the back of the motor. I'd like to replace it since it might be restricting a little bit of water flow and looks a bit swollen. Been searching high and low for diagrams that might help me figure out what this pipe is called. Any ideas?