Emergency Starter Valve Position

[Larry McDavid]

Motor is a Yamaha 1999 40HP, non oil injected (model C40TLRX)with an aftermarket outboard jet lower unit. It has the Prime Start for cold starting.

It has what the owners manual calls an "emergency starter valve" which is controlled by a small red colored lever on the middle carb. This lever has three positions, one is all the way up with no marking, next down is "Open" and all the way down is "Closed".

The owners manual instructions state that to use the "emergency starter valve", the valve should first be turned to "Open" and when the motor starts to turn the valve to the "Closed" position. No mention of the "all the way up" position. The lever is now all the way up and has been that way ever since I bought the motor used last fall.

Is the "all the way up" position the normal position for this lever or is the "Closed" position the normal position?

I seem to recall that this inquiry has been made and answered before, but I searched this forum for several hours and couldn't find an answer.

 

[deejaycee_2000]

Re: Emergency Starter Valve Position

Yes that is your choke .... open is the normal position when your engine is running normally, for cold starting it must be closed to get the motor going ....

 

[Larry McDavid]

Re: Emergency Starter Valve Position

Thanks for your reply, but it's not the choke. The prime start models don't have a choke.

I guess I didn't do a good enough job explaining the lever. This lever is located on the middle carb behind the air silencer. The motor hood has to be removed in order to access it. When in the "Open" position, this lever opens a valve that allows fuel to be pumped into the carb by using the primer bulb. It is only used when the motor won't start normally in cold weather.

I suspect that the "all the way up" position and the "Closed" position are actually the same as far as the position of the valve is concerned but I don't know for sure. "Open" is not the normal position when the motor is running.

[colour=red]EDIT: I found the answer on another forum. The "all the way up" position is the position it should be in under normal use. [/colour]