Quick question: with the water impeller out of the housing and the cover plate off, should water, via a garden hose connected to the inlet on the bottom of the boat, push water into the impeller housing with or without the engine running? I'm getting nothing - no flow.

I thought maybe the impeller was toast but I pulled it out and it's fine... well not any longer now that I pulled it out but it was fine

Not so great day on the lake yesterday - if you can even call it that. Boat started smoking and then overheating as soon as we got past the no wake zone after leaving the dock. I saw 235 degrees at some point.