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Serial # 5253426 2 cly. Motor starts and runs good for about 15 minutes and then dies . Will restart in about 20 minutes after it has cooled down. Installed new stator and switch box. Helped some, runs longer, but still dies. Help please !
Both. Does the same thing in open water as it does hooked up to hose. Getting good stream of water from impeller. Could it still be overheating with the water pump working properly ?
If you have absolutely ruled out a fuel issue, including vapor lock, It may be possible that the one of the coils (or another plastic module in the ignition train) has a crack in the plastic casing and after it heats up, the crack widens, flexes, and breaks the connection. (I had this happen in a car years ago with a hairline crack in the dist. cap.)
run it with the cover off. I had a problem like that and it was a small hole in the tube feeding water to the pee hole. It would drip down over spark plugs and finally ground out the ignition.
You need to see if the engine is losing spark or not, I think it probable is, If it is electric start the rectifier could be the problem (don't just change things it don't work ck them) disconnect the 2 yellow wires a the rectifier tape and run the engine, if it don't act up then change the rectifier, if it does ck the trigger wires (brn to white for continuity) if the are open change the trigger. Either part will cause the problem you are experincing
You need to see if the engine is losing spark or not, I think it probable is, If it is electric start the rectifier could be the problem (don't just change things it don't work ck them) disconnect the 2 yellow wires a the rectifier tape and run the engine, if it don't act up then change the rectifier, if it does ck the trigger wires (brn to white for continuity) if the are open change the trigger. Either part will cause the problem you are experincing
P.S. I wasn't just slapping parts on without cause. The wiring on the stator was shot. I got a NEW one on Ebay for $100. A friend had a new switch box he let me have for $50 , and I spliced all the wiring on the internal wiring harness with new. I tell ya, this thing has so many bright and shiney new wires I may just use it with the cover off for awhile. lol
