Trying to help a buddy out with his motor,08 4 stroke 9.9 hp carb. Motor will start sometimes and run crappy,,so I cleaned carb,did not really find any thing. so I pulled off what is called the starter assembly,looks like a solenoid mounted on top of carb. i energized it with 12 volts and it did nothing so i assumed it was bad. But I talked to a suzuki dealer and he informed me that it takes a couple of minutes for this solenoid to heat up and push plunger out,,apparently some sort of enrichener. The weird part is,,if i pull this solenoid out and hold my finger over the hole it starts and idles great. I talked to the dealer and he thought that I still have a obstruction in carb,so I tore it apart again and cleaned and blew it out but no luck. Is there something that I am missing,and what is the purpose of this solenoid. Motor has new plugs,compression is good..It almost has me wondering if this could be a valve issue,,but the weird part is how it runs when I put my finger over the hole where the solenoid goes. Any advice much appreciated.