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OK, well seems as if the “telltale” you made up is substituting for the restriction that might be blocking the water from exiting the powerhead…
Did you have the powerhead off of the lower cowl, or were you working on it while still in place. It is very possible that the blockage/restriction is in the lower cowl/adapter where the water exits out of the vertical water passage on the right side of the block. Does it look like the powerhead has been off this engine before, guess it is hard to tell on an engine of this age…
Can you post a picture of the telltale you engineered?
It is best that you get to the bottom of this issue by pulling the powerhead off the exhaust housing, then off of the lower cowl…Keep in mind that you have the water exiting overboard outside the exhaust housing now, some of that water is needed inside the exhaust housing to help keep it cool as well…D