I bought a new Yamaha 60 hp in 2023 and I run it on the uncharted part of the Missouri river with lots of sand bars, etc.. What I would like to know is if it would hurt to drill out the "pee hole" or even replace it with a short piece of rubber tubing so the sand does not plug it up as easy? I did this with my old Mercury engine and it helped a lot but it was over 20 years old and a lot of things have changed since then.