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TROUBLESHOOTING
Electric
Complaint
No sparking or poor
sparking
Spark plug is wet or
quickly becomes
fouled with carbon
Spark plug quickly
becomes fouled with
oil or carbon
Spark plug electrodes
overheat or burn
Generator does not
charge
Generator charges
but charging rate is
below the
specifi cations
Generator overcharges
Unstable charging
Starter button does
not work
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Symptom and possible causes
Defective ignition coil
Defective spark plug
Defective pick-up coil
Defective CDI unit
Excessively rich air/fuel mixture
Excessively high idling speed
Incorrect gasoline
Dirty air cleaner element
Incorrect spark plug (cold type)
Worn piston ring
Worn piston
Worn cylinder
Excessive valve-stem-to-valve-guide clearance
Worn valve stem oil seal
Incorrect spark plug (hot type)
Overheated engine
Loose spark plug
Excessively lean air/fuel mixture
Open or short in lead wires, or loose lead
connections
Shorted, grounded or open stator coil
Shorted or punctured regulator/rectifi er
Lead wires tend to get shorted or open-circuited
or loosely connected at terminal
Grounded or open-circuited stator coils or
generator
Defective regulator/rectifi er
Defective battery cell plates
Internal short-circuit in the battery
Damaged or defective regulatror/rectifi er
Poorly grounded regulator/rectifi er
Lead wire insulation frayed due to vibration
resulting in intermittent shorting
Internally shorted generator
defective regulator/rectifi er
Run down battery
Defective switch contact
Brushes do not seat properly on the commutator
in the starter motor.
Defective starter relay
Remedy
Replace
Replace
Replace
Replace
adjust carburetor
Adjust carburetor
Change
clean or replace
Change to hot type spark plug
Replace
Replace
Rebore or replace
Replace
Replace
Change to cold type spark plug
Tune-up
Tighten
Adjust carburertor
Repair, replace or connect properly
Replace
Replace
Repair or tighten
Replace
Replace
Replace battery
Replace battery
Replace
Clean and tighten ground connection
Repair or replace
Replace
Replace
Recharge or replace
Replace
Repair or replace
Replace