How do you start a Mercury 2-stroke outboard?

1. Ensure there is plenty of gas in the boat fuel tanks.
2. Check your oil level and battery levels by looking at the console gauges.
3. Squeeze the primer bulbs on the hose that leads up to the outboard engines.
4. Put the boat into neutral and insert your key into the ignition.
5. Turn the key until the outboard turns over.

How do you start a Mercury outboard motor?

How do I cold start my Mercury outboard motor?

When the engine is cold it takes awhile for me to start. I pump the bulb until it’s firm then turn the key to on and hold the key in to prime for 10-15 seconds before turning it to start.

What makes a 2-stroke hard to start?

(1) That you’ve flooded the engine by trying to start it, or that the lower end is loaded up (because you left the gas petcock on). (2) That there is no spark (thus, the plug is wet because the plug never ignited the fuel). Fixing a wet plug (from a flooded engine) is easy.