Re: 1940 282 has a starting problem

Posted by HH56 On 2016/10/19 10:24:06

Battery, condensers and coils have caused grief for several. If the battery has a cell going bad possibly the load of the starting motor is causing the voltage at the coil to drop so low the spark becomes weak and is not able to fire the plugs reliably with a cold engine. A couple of people have also had some ignition switch problems with poor contacts inside the switch and also the insulation on wire inside the armored cable breaking down and causing issues with the spark.

Condensers -- even brand new ones -- have been reported as causing issues fairly often over the last couple of years. Often the posters report the engine starts and runs fine when when they commence a drive but engine starts running poorly or quits and won't restart. A few have reported being able to continue after the cool down period but cycle repeats after more driving time. Coils are another notorious intermittent failure item when hot.