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I had a buddy whose boat had a similar problem. Turned out the fuel lines were beginning to deteriorate and would collapse when the motor started sucking fuel at a high enough volume to get the WOT RPMs. There was nothing wrong with his motor. Replacing all fuel lines resolved the issue.

Digging through my old service notes on my motor, I discovered had this same issue many years ago. Different model Yamaha, but the cause of oil coming out the pitot tube hole was the shift shaft seal leaking.

I might be mistaken, but I'm pretty sure that's the speedometer pitot tube input you have circled in your photo. There shouldn't be anything critical coming out of that hole.

I just spray and wipe down my tools with CorrosionX or something similar.

Considering the max rated HP for that hull is 230hp, putting a 250 on it sounds like a solid idea to eke out a few more mph. Who cares about keeping control of the boat or damaging the hull... </sarcasm>

To illustrate Dennis's comment regarding ablatives, this is what 15 years of not caring about ablative bottom paint looks like on a trailer boat. It's gone at the water line where we do more scrubbing of harbor scum and also where the trailer bunks rub. Everywhere else it's still very effective.

Listing was just deleted by the author... A Grady hull that is floating and looked in decent shape for free would be a steal. Though it had been sitting for a while judging by the growth on the lower unit.

That one is likely a Perko 0554 / 0554DP https://www.perko.com/catalog/cabinet_hardware/514/door_catch/ But that Seadog one in SkunkBoat's post looks like a more durable version of the same thing.

Probably mounted somewhere to the inside of the transom. If you don't know where the inlet side is, follow the hose from the output side. Or if it's working, turn the pump on and see if you can hear where the sound is coming from. If the boat is on a trailer, you can look under the boat and see...

I second the Spectrum Color gelcoat. They'll have a version for the 1995-2004 model years. My experience with it is it's about as perfect a match as you can get. I used it a couple years ago on a deck hatch patch, and you have to really look hard to see the difference. I can't find the...

A 1998 hull will have an 82 gallon plastic tank. My hull is a 1995 model HIN that was molded in 1998 after the original hull delaminated and was replaced under warranty. It came back with a plastic tank, bronze thru-hulls, and a bow pulpit, that were upgrades over the original hull's aluminum...

15 year old thread resurrected from the dead... impressive :)

This is exactly where mine are too. Two of them, one on each side of the keel near the transom, accessible internally via the inspection ports in the splash well.

... or take a rubber mallet to a flat washer and start pounding away! :D

Home Depot's got them in various sizes. https://www.homedepot.com/p/Everbilt-15-16-in-x-11-16-in-Black-Rubber-Hole-Plug-808238/204273789