shawnfish said:
just because there is no water coming out of the pee hole does not mean the impeller was not pumping water through the pump, i beleive it was mercury who started putting pee holes on their motors because of customers wanting an easy way to check if the pump/impeller was working and OMC and the rest followed suit. not sure about others but my motor at wot would seize up and be finished in about 1 minute if my impeller stopped working. check to see if a bug or something got in there and clogged it up, ive seen it happen to a buddys motor, and if you have a jet motor i assume you are in swamp like conditions with LOTS of bugs. as for not peeing at low idle mine takes a bit to pee when i first start it and warm it up at the dock and i change mine every 2-3 years......my .2 cents
I would agree with this accept that his description was that it does not pee at idle, only half throttle and wot. This tells me that the fins are burnt, melted, missing or worn off at the ends. This would explain why it pees at the higher RPM and not idle. But it never hurts to clean or check for clogs and that I do agree with.