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Pre-operation checks

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1 Positive (+) battery terminal: Red lead 1 Hull drain plug
2 Negative (–) battery terminal: Black lead
3 EPS ground lead (black) Blower checks
WARNING
Bilge water check
Make sure that no bilge water has collected in Gasoline vapors can explode. Before
the engine compartment. If bilge water has starting the engines, check the engine
collected in the engine compartment drain it. compartment for gasoline, gasoline va-
(See page 99 for information on draining the pors, and loose electrical connections,
bilge water.) and then operate the blowers for at least 4
minutes. Do not start the engines or oper-
Drain plug check ate the blowers if you can smell gasoline
Loosen the drain plug and remove them, and vapors in the engine compartment or if
then make sure that the plug and the O-ring there are any loose electrical connections.
on the hull drain plug are not damaged and Contact a Yamaha Boat Dealer if there is a
that there is no foreign material on the problem you cannot locate or correct.
threads or the O-ring on the hull drain plug.
Make sure that the blowers operate properly.
NOTICE: Before installing the drain plug,
clean the drain plug threads and the O-
ring on the hull drain plug to remove any
foreign materials, such as dirt or sand.
Otherwise, the drain plug could be dam-
aged, allowing water to enter the engine
compartment. Make sure that the drain
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plug is tightened securely before launch-
ing the boat. Otherwise, water may flood
the boat and cause it to submerge.
Securely install the drain plug by tightening it
until it stop. 1 Blower

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