Yamaha F6 Owner's Manual

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Operation34NOTE: It is not necessary to use the choke whenstarting a warm engine. Push in the main switch fully, or the remotechoke system will not operate.6. Turn the main switch to “ ” (start),and hold it for a maximum of 5 seconds.7. Immediately after the engine starts, re-lease the main switch and allow it to re-turn to “ ” (on).CAUTION:ECM00191 Never turn the main switch to “ ”(start) while the engine is running. Do not keep the starter motor turning formore than 5 seconds. If the starter motoris turned continuously for more than 5seconds, the battery will be quickly dis-charged, thus making it impossible tostart the engine. The starter can also bedamaged. If the engine will not start after5 seconds of cranking, return the mainswitch to “ ” (on), wait 10 seconds,then crank the engine again.EMU27670Warming up engineEMU27732Manual start models1. After starting the engine, return the chokeknob to the halfway position. For approx-imately the first 5 minutes after starting,warm up the engine by operating at onefifth throttle or less. After the engine haswarmed up, push the choke knob in fully.Failure to do so will shorten engine life.NOTE: If the choke knob is left pulled out after theengine starts, the engine will stall. In temperatures of -5°C or less, leave thechoke knob pulled out fully for approximate-ly 30 seconds after starting.2. Check for a steady flow of water from thecooling water pilot hole.CAUTION:ECM00511A continuous flow of water from the cool-ing water pilot hole shows that the waterpump is pumping water through the cool-ing passages. If water is not flowing out ofthe hole at all times while the engine isrunning, overheating and serious damagecould occur. Stop the engine and checkwhether the cooling water inlet on the low-er case or the cooling water pilot hole isblocked. Consult your Yamaha dealer ifthe problem cannot be located and cor-rected.