Ran some rough water and my motor was acting like it was in Limp Mode...2005 250 HPDI. Get it back to my buddies and we pull the cowl to find that my hotfoot cable had pulled loose from a retaining rubber clamp on the motor. While we were in there we did a little look see to make sure everything else was a-ok. We found my oiler linkage laying in the bottom of the cowl with a broken plastic part. I can only guess what would have happened if I tried to run without this linkage hooked up. The picture is of the temporary fix we did where we wrapped the plastic threaded retainer in black tape and used wire to compress the cracked threaded portion. It was a quick fix because I was heading out of town for a week. Part ordered and installed and I am back to OEM. Just another thing to keep an eye on. I can't believe rough water would have broken this part. I feel lucky my hotfoot cable came loose limiting my throttle or I could have popped a motor.