Somewhat new to the 737  - I've gotten to the point where I can start the APU - transfer power - start the #2 engine (ground/turn on fuel) - it fires up and all is good.  But when I start #1 engine - it powers up - all lights clear - but the red EGT line won't go away.  Both engines have similar readouts except the oil temp for #2 is 100 and it is -10 for #1....obviously an issue - any help would be greatly appreciated.

definitely an issue. Are you starting from supplied PMDG power state? Do you have any failures reported?

Both APU and Generator power for starts - no failures reported.

I got the answer from PMDG support - in case anyone has a similar issue here is what they said:

 

"Go to your FSX\Modules folder and see if there's an FSUIPC4.ini file there - if there is delete it and let FSX build a new one next time you run the sim. A lot of weird issues with the engines and throttle control are usually related to corruption of this file."