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Old July 11th, 2004, 06:21 AM
mike in boston mike in boston is offline
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Default 1990 yamaha 250 cold start question

one of my 1990 saltwater series 250's has a very hard time starting.it will kick, then kick again,then somewhat idle{possibly running on one or two cylinders}stall.kick again, idle very rough,sputturing and caughing for about ten seconds,,,,,,then all of sudden it runs beautiful?????starts right up every time runs flawlessly. that is untill it gets cold again.thanks for any sugestionsmikeit's a carbed, oil injected 1990 250 S/S1
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Old July 11th, 2004, 01:32 PM
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Default Re: 1990 yamaha 250 cold start question

need more inforun a spark test on engine when coldgot spark- yes or noall cylinders-yes or knowright time- verify tdc,timer base free,sensor coils working correctly then the only thing left on engine is fuel those are nice engines and easy to work on if you have a service manual
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Old July 12th, 2004, 03:23 AM
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Default Re: 1990 yamaha 250 cold start question

jrod, do you have a service manual?
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