New boat owner, starting my boat

[Tresl]

So i just bought a boat with a merc 650 motor on it. The guy started the boat when i looked at it no problem. I took the boat home and when i tried to start it, no go, it cranks but wont start. It has mercontrol with a warm up lever and electric choke. It seems very straight forward. Tried everything and couldnt get it to start. The guy i bought it from came by and it started right up. He says the warm up lever needs to be all the way forward and hold the choke and crank. Then release the choke as soon as it rolls over to let it breath. i still cant get the boat to start on my own. I am not new to working with engines but new to boats. It seems to me that there is something going on with this motor to make it hard to start and the guy is just used to this. My question is, are these finicky to start or is there something else going on that would cause this problem with starting?

 

[Barnacle_Bill]

If you are doing everything exactly as he showed you I would suspect you are releasing the choke too soon. Try holding the choke in longer.

 

[mr 88]

and pump the heck out of the bulb,like your trying to flood the engine.They love fuel on a cold start up,don't worry about flooding it,its a two stroke.

 

[Tresl]

I did squeeze the heck out of the bulb and when i crank it disengages from the starter real quick. I have tried everything with the choke. Hold it down while cranking, release quick like the guys said, crank then push choke. same result. Real frustrated.

 

[glenn property of pam]

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[glenn property of pam]

try starting it with the warm up lever down when the engine is rolling over (with key pressed in) lift the warm up lever all the way up. Sounds like the engine is catching on one plug so the starter is being kicked out early.