ILMOR 2011 MV8 - STARTING THE ENGINE

 Theboatislikelytobeequippedwithseastrainervalvesandseacocks.Ensurethese
areopenpriortostartingtheengine.
Any time the engine is running, an adequate amount of water as dened by ILMOR
Marine MUST be owing through the cooling system. This requires the boat to be in
an operational-sized body of water or hooked up to the suction side of a raw water
pump via an ILMOR-approved, water supply in a dealership. If the engine operates
without water in the cooling system, in very short order the exhaust system will
overheat and could potentially create an on-board re. The raw water pump impel-
ler, which operates only with water ow, will also fail. Damage caused to the boat
under these circumstances is not covered under warranty and could result in serious
injury and/or death.
• Attach the engine safety starting switch tether(alsoknown
asalanyard)betweenanarticleoftheoperator’sclothingandtheswitch,whichloca-
tionwillbeidentifiedintheboatmanufacturer’sOwner’sManual.
• Leaveormovethethrottle/shiftcontrollevertotheneutralposition.Thisal-
lowstheelectroniccontrolswithintheenginetocorrectlymeterthefueland
airflowsautomatically.
STARTING
THE ENGINE
2011 ILMOR MV8 Owner’s Manual • Page 25
•Inserttheignitionkeyintheignitionslotandturntothestartposi-
tion.Holdonfornomorethanthree(3)tofive(5)secondspertry.
Releasetheignitionkeyassoonastheenginestarts.Iftheengine
doesnotstartwithinten(10)tofifteen(15)secondstotal,pullout
theneutraldetentorpushtheswitchonthecontrollever(however
theboatmodelmaybeequipped)andadvancethethrottletowide-
open throttle.Crankthe engine.Whentheengine fires, quickly
returnthethrottletotheidlepositiontoavoidover-revvingthe
engineand/orlosingcontroloftheboat.
Note: With the electronic controls on the MV8 engine, it is unlikely
that the engine will ood, but if that occurs, pull out the neutral de-
tent or push the switch on the control lever (however the boat model
may be equipped) and advance the throttle to wide-open throttle
and turn ON the ignition key. When the engine res, quickly return
the throttle to the idle position to avoid over-revving the engine
and/or losing control of the boat.
• Startingtheenginewiththethrottle/shiftcontrolleverinanypositionotherthan
neutralplacesunduestrainontheentireboatanddrivetrain.Therearenocircum-
stancesunderwhichtheengineshouldeverbestartedwiththeleverinreverse.With
theleverforwardshould onlybeusedinexceptionalcircumstancessuch as those
listedimmediatelyabove.Whenevertheboatisstartedwiththeengineinforward,
thelevermustimmediatelybereturnedtoneutralwhentheenginefirestoprevent
damagetotheengineandtoavoidlosingcontroloftheboat.