A B757-200 ON LEFT ENG START EXPERIENCED A HOT START. STATION MAINT ADVISED AND WAS CLRED TO DEPART AFTER NORMAL START. MAINT CTLR LATER ADVISED CREW ENG SHOULD HAVE BEEN CHECKED.

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DURING PUSHBACK/ENG START; THE LEFT; NUMBER 1; ENG HAD A HOT START. THE ENG WAS SHUT DOWN AT 568 DEG C BUT REACHED 574 DEG C FOR 1 SEC. N3 WAS 43 PERCENT AND FUEL FLOW WAS 700 LBS PER HOUR. ALL OTHER INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL WITH APU PSI AT 32. AFTER THE ENG WAS SHUT DOWN WE GOT OUT THE MEL AND MANUALS AND READ ABOUT ABORTING ENG STARTS. THE MANUAL INDICATED THAT THE INTERRUPTED START NEEDED TO BE WRITTEN UP IN THE LOGBOOK BUT NO SPECIFICS WERE GIVEN IF MAINT NEEDED TO CHECK THE ENG PRIOR TO ANOTHER START ATTEMPT. WE CALLED MAINT BEFORE STARTING AND WERE INFORMED BY THEM TO GO AHEAD AND ATTEMPT ANOTHER START. THE SECOND START WAS UNEVENTFUL WITH NO ABNORMALITIES AND WELL WITHIN EGT LIMITATIONS. DURING TAXI OUT WE DECIDED TO CHECK WITH MAINT AGAIN TO ENSURE WE WERE OK TO GO. ONCE AGAIN WE WERE ADVISED THAT EVERYTHING WAS OKAY AND WELL WITHIN THEIR PARAMETERS. DURING CRUISE WE HAD A RADIO PATCH TO MAINT AND THEY INFORMED US IT PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN CHECKED PRIOR TO A SECOND START ATTEMPT. WE INFORMED THEM WE WOULD WRITE IT UP AT DEST.