Noticed water coming out of the bottom of my cowling yesterday. When I popped the hood I found my tell tale fitting "cap" had cracked and it was shooting water into the cowling. Apparently my motor (1994 Johnson 50/35) has 2 tell tale fittings. The main one with the water hose is functioning properly and has a nice strong stream of water. But this one, on the side of the crankcase water passage cover, was apparently plugged with a cap at some point. First off, I didn't realize there was another fitting. Secondly, why is it capped? Third, where can I get a new cap for it or how should I go about plugging it back up? Yesterday I just used some electrical tape I keep on board to tape the old cap on as good as I could to prevent water from getting all inside the engine.
Here is the piece in question.
Here is the piece in question.