I've not seen it but understand that this happens after a few years...where the cooling intake tube on Bravo Drives gets stopped up and crushes its self down to the size of a straw and causes over heating.

Anyone had this happen?

on an alpha i had. just replace the hose if it feels hard before it folds up.

If you are talking about the hose that goes between helmet and transom. I have seen many of the hoses getting crushed at the transom end. Corrosion starts where hose goes into transom and keeps building up causing the opening in hose to get smaller. This can happen at both ends of hose. If this happens to you, clean up and paint or the bare aluminum against the new hose will just do the same thing again.