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Just typed a reply, but it got lost, this seems to happen frequently for me here….
The upper water tube grommet is held in place by the inner exhaust housing, so the powerhead has to be pulled to get at it.
Like I say, the crushed grommet syndrome usually only happens to salt water engines, but it can’t hurt to go through the cooling system on this fresh water engine if you plan to keep it for awhile.
The other trouble spot on these engines is that the driveshaft/crankshaft splines tend to rust/seize together. Again, this is more of an issue in salt water. So, it is a great idea to pull the gearcase every year or two so that the splines can be cleaned/relubed, oring replaced. The beauty part of these engines is that gearcase removal/installation is simple, there is no shift rod connection to mess with…