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Jimmy Norton
New member
Username: jn6570
Post Number: 1
Registered: 07-2009
| | Posted on Sunday, July 19, 2009 - 11:49 pm: | 
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This motor is very hard to start when cold. After it warms up it starts and runs great. Cleaned carbs, New fuel pump kit, Good Fire. Just real pain when it is cold. Push in on key and it tries to hit and after several tries, it finally goes. Any suggestions ? |
IBNFISHN
Advanced Member
Username: ibnfshn
Post Number: 644
Registered: 11-2005
| | Posted on Monday, July 20, 2009 - 11:20 am: |
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Try turning the key on, push it in and hold it while counting to 10, then start the motor. |
Jimmy Norton
New member
Username: jn6570
Post Number: 2
Registered: 07-2009
| | Posted on Monday, July 20, 2009 - 10:47 pm: |
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Let's try again.... No help from that |
Derek Schulze
Member
Username: biffidum
Post Number: 34
Registered: 06-2009
| | Posted on Friday, July 24, 2009 - 10:21 pm: |
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squeeze the bulb a few times before you head out. |
Brian Kinsman
Member
Username: warren_jensen
Post Number: 7
Registered: 07-2009
| | Posted on Friday, July 24, 2009 - 11:02 pm: |
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check compression cold and hot see if there a big difference. also check to see if your reeds are sticking could be sticking untill enough gas and oil gets in then break then free untill sits and dries again (cold start) may have slight deposit around cage causing reeds to stick. One more check how old are the spark plugs, sometimes they look great but are electronicly worn causing high resistence and weak spark and cold normaly makes it worse. |
Fastjeff
Senior Member
Username: fastjeff
Post Number: 6350
Registered: 09-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, July 25, 2009 - 06:01 am: |
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It sounds to me like the choke isn't closing tight enough.
Try this: Take some duct tape and temporarily close off the top hole in the choke plate on each carb. See if that improves starting. I've used this trick on my Merc 500 and it helped.
Jeff
PS: Mine does the same thing, by the way. |
