How do you start a Mercury 2-stroke outboard?
How to Start a Mercury Outboard Motor- Ensure there is plenty of gas in the boat fuel tanks.
- Check your oil level and battery levels by looking at the console gauges.
- Squeeze the primer bulbs on the hose that leads up to the outboard engines.
- Put the boat into neutral and insert your key into the ignition.
- Turn the key until the outboard turns over.
How do you start a Mercury outboard motor?
How do I cold start my Mercury outboard motor?
When the engine is
cold it takes awhile for me to
start. I pump the bulb until it’s firm then turn the key to on and hold the key in to prime for 10-15 seconds before turning it to
start.
What makes a 2-stroke hard to start?
(1) That you’ve flooded the engine by trying to
start it, or that the lower end is loaded up (because you left the gas petcock on). (
2) That there is no spark (thus, the plug is wet because the plug never ignited the fuel). Fixing a wet plug (from a flooded engine) is easy.
