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I always allow count to ten on cold engine. Ill look at that next time on board by looking at voltage drop while heating the plugs but wouldn't they either work or not?  Remember after four tries or so the engine starts and runs normally and no warm engine starting problems.

Starter cranking was normal.  All fluid levels fine.  Engine cutoff was fine.  No indication of leaks anywhere of oil, fuel, water or antifreeze.  Fuel in rancor cup looks fine. After started ran fine.  Started right up and operated normally on warm engine start. Seems to happen on cold starts.

My Universal M35BC engine always starts immediately on first push of the button. This weekend we had some issues:

Saturday - the boat had been idle for two weeks.  Engine would not start.  Looked at engine nothing looked out of ordinary.  It took four attempts to start it.  Ran fine turned it off at fuel dock. Started perfectly and ran for four hours without incident.

Sunday morning - obviously cold engine from overnight again would not start but now the audible alarm went on.  Again looked at engine nothing seemed out of normal.  After four tries with the alarm wailing it turned on and alarm went off.  Ran fine for three hours.  Turned it off. Checked the engine front and back.  Turned it back on without a problem.

No fuel, oil, or antifreeze leaks anywhere - all levels are good.

What could the culprit be?  Fuel pump?

Enrique

I was able to get a broad flathead screwdriver end in between the end cap and boom.  By twisting and moving the screwdriver around to where ever I could fit it I was able to pry off the end cap of course after removing the screws.