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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by JohnP[/i] [br]I have had a Tohatsu 9.9hp motor for 3 years now, and I flush the brackish water out of the engine block and impeller with fresh water each time I go out. The telltale flow became reduced this spring. I stuck a sturdy wire an inch or so into the hole to discover it's blocked and cannot be cleared using a wire like that. I surmise that after the telltale tip got blocked, other debris collected behind it. Could I get access to that tubing, remove it, and clear it out? It's way down in the motor. Could I ream out the tubing by inserting and rotating a bent wire or the tip of a steel needle? Air pressure? Push it backwards with water pressure? [/quote]   Check here to include your profile signature. Check here to subscribe to this topic.