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RichH and Ray, thanks for responding. The problem was indeed the mixing elbow. Turns out the hose leading to the muffler was not as strongly fused to the mixing elbow as I'd thought and I was able to carefully pry it loose with a screwdriver. I was able to remove both the exhaust elbow and the mixing elbow together by removing the four screws that attach the exhaust elbow to the exhaust manifold. I tried blowing into the mixing elbow and running water through it with the hose and noticed that it was completely blocked. I read up on mixing elbows and concluded that the best option was to replace it. However a friend stuck a flat, flexible wire through the mixing elbow and was able to remove enough of the corrosion to get a good water flow through it. I reattached everything and bingo! water flowed fine through the exhaust now. I know it is a temporary fix and will replace the mixing elbow as soon as possible. Thanks for the advice.
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