Cockpit Colin wrote:

Pump off - Throttle Full Open - Mixture Full Rich
Pump on (for 4 sec) then Pump Off
Throttle 1/2" - Mixture Idle Cut Off
Crank
Mixture Fully Rich when engine fires (and starts to run)

Is that the procedure in your POH? Except for the throttle setting, your
description most closely matches the Starting Engine when Flooded procedure in
my POH. The normal cold & warm starts don't include cranking with Mixture at
Cut-Off.