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We had a nylon fitting that connects a hose to the exhaust manifold jacket (below is a picture of the culprit) break off over the weekend as we were pulling out of one of our hangout spots. I noticed it when I couldnt get the boat to plane out when i was bringing it up to cruising speed. From the time i'd started the boat until when i shut it off was probably around 3-4 minutes (all but around 20-30 seconds of that was spent idling out of the cove). Replacing the fitting should be an easy fix as I've already removed the broken one and have the new one on its way. My main concern though is this might have damaged the engine. Is there anything else i should be concerned about? I'm assuming the boat wouldnt plane out for one of the following reasons:
1) The shear amount of weight from the water that was being pumped directly into the bilge from the broken fitting.
2) Steam created from the water hitting the engine was eating up all of the oxygen in the compartment & starving the engine.
I've done a fair amount of research on this and it sounds like it's a somewhat common issue. Also, the boat is a 2008 Malibu VLX with the 340 Monsoon. Thanks in advance!
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