out board peeing prob?

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thanks guys , was checking to see if maybe something i didn't think of , but all of you came to same conculsions i did , when running i did try a small wire through the pee hole....didn't see nothing or feel anything ...no help on water flow , i did pull the thermostats and they looked good. but replaced with new as i figured it was time anyway ....the poppet valve i had parts on order to rebuild that , which just came in yestarday ...that will be getting done tomorrow , i haven't started since the thermos have been put it , i figured ill replace the poppet and then check it , it was over heating thus causing the alarm to sound be cause it wasn't getting enough water !!

with all this being said , the only other thing i was wondering the connector piece from the copper water pipe to the water impellar housing has o rings in there how much of a big deal is it if those are not seated properly , i mean i should just replace but just wondering if it make a big deal losing water pressure!