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Originally Posted by MarkG
My carbed Yamaha 4 stroke was very hard starting the same way after sitting,, even though it has an electronic automatic choke. A tip someone gave me was that after priming it,pump the throttle to max 3 times before trying to cranking it, then back to the idle or start position. Then crank it. Starts right up. Cured the cold start problem. May help yours.
On a tiller just twist the throttle handle. On a wheel boat would have to do it with the idle lever on the control box.
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Tried this today, worked great, motor fired right up. Thanks for this tip.