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<blockquote data-quote="richg99" data-source="post: 463499" data-attributes="member: 4376"><p>Loosening up the Prime button that you just mentioned sounds like a great thing to try.</p><p></p><p>And....(even though I know far less than most of the guys on here about engines) try this.</p><p></p><p>TILT your engine as far back as you can prior to starting. </p><p></p><p>My 1996 Johnson was a bear to start for the first year that I owned her. My mechanic said, "there is nothing wrong with that engine but the operator": (we know each other well). I was NOT tilting the engine. I was putting the engine in a perfectly level position and she didn't want to start cold. It seems that my old carb'd engine needed a bit of gravity to make the fuel flow. Titling her back did that. She now starts just great after a good pump on the bulb.</p><p></p><p>Easy to try, and costs nothing. </p><p>regards,</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="richg99, post: 463499, member: 4376"] Loosening up the Prime button that you just mentioned sounds like a great thing to try. And....(even though I know far less than most of the guys on here about engines) try this. TILT your engine as far back as you can prior to starting. My 1996 Johnson was a bear to start for the first year that I owned her. My mechanic said, "there is nothing wrong with that engine but the operator": (we know each other well). I was NOT tilting the engine. I was putting the engine in a perfectly level position and she didn't want to start cold. It seems that my old carb'd engine needed a bit of gravity to make the fuel flow. Titling her back did that. She now starts just great after a good pump on the bulb. Easy to try, and costs nothing. regards, [/QUOTE]
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