Resilient
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My 2014 9.9 outboard has had the same water pipe burst three times in less than 100 hours. The problem always manifests itself the same way. The engine starts running poorly then becomes difficult to start. What happens is a “water pipe” splits and sprays a mist of saltwater that gets sucked into the carburetor and then eventually clogs the carburetor with salt. This, of course necessitates buying a new water pipe and taking the carburetor apart and cleaning it thoroughly. I also spray everything down under the cowling with salt away take a brush to it then use a fine spray bottle to rinse everything off. Then coat everything with a Yamashield once it dries. This is a time consuming pain in the neck. The water pipe is a rubber hose on the top rear portion of the powerhead. Yamaha calls it a “pipe”. The pipe does not come in to contact with anything. There’s nothing moving that can cut it. It splits in the exact same place right before the 90° bend and has done so three times. The split is not visible when the engine is not running unless you pinch the hose to open the split. To me this seems to be an over pressure problem. The hose seems to be splitting from the inside out. The tell tail stream is very strong, way stronger than on my 2015, Yamaha 300 hp. I am tired of this same problem happening over and over again. Has anyone experienced or heard of this problem before? Any suggestions?