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I have no problem with your theory. Amazing, how many people don’t know how to start a motor, especially the throttle setting. A friend of mine invited me to go on the maiden voyage of his new boat and motor. Well it wouldn’t start. Out of respect, I held my tongue. Then I offered a few suggestions, and he was kind of perturbed, so I kept quiet again. When the battery was nearly shot, I offered to try it, and he was so mad by then he didn’t care so he agreed. I sat in the drivers seat, raised the throttle warm-up lever, pushed the key to choke it and it started right up. Now, the rest of the story is I had earlier suggested he set the warm-up lever and he told me bluntly that the dealer told him never to mess with that!!! If the dealer doesn’t know how to start it, how can we expect the customer to?
Back to the water choke, the main problem we had was blubbering, slobbering and smoking due to too much choke after starting. With out warm air and water, they just didn’t need all that choke. Yeah, I’m aware of the importance of proper set-up.