So I got a 2010 50 hp Yamaha 2 stroke that I've had about a month. I don't think the Prime Start feature on it is working. I can put it into the emergency start mode and it will crank right up, but it's really difficult to start it without doing that.

It is supposed to be activated by pushing in the key switch, but I can't tell that anything happens when I do that. I've read that I should hear the solenoid click when I push in the key, but I can't hear it and I got my wife to listen and she doesn't hear anything either. So before I start taking it apart I thought I would ask here - is there supposed to be an audible click?

I sure wish they could have put a manual choke on it. Thanks for any help.


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