jriegle04
Petty Officer 2nd Class
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- Jun 1, 2009
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I have been loosing spark on 3 cylinders and have been pulling my hair out trying to find the problem. After $750 on new power packs, coil and VRO (the VRO was upgraded to OMS and was needed) still the same problem.
It all started with a miss at WOT. It was intermittent so it was really hard to pin-point. It then became a problem when putting into forward. The motor would die and wouldn't go above 1200 RPM. I replaced / upgraded the VRO to OMS and checked spark and found a coil that wasn't firing. So I replaced that. The problem was still there though. I did a test on the stator and found nothing wrong. I pulled all my wires and ohm tested everything and still nothing. I was at a loss. I rechecked spark again and found that I not only didn't have spark on the new coil but the other 2 cylinders on that side were barely sparking. I bought a new power pack for that side figuring there was nothing else it could be. I was wrong. Still very low spark on the 3 cylinders on the starter side. I was now really at a loss.
Today I was looking to see if I have a 10amp or 35amp stator so I could replace it and noticed a magnet out of place on the flywheel. It had became loose and slid against the magnet next to it. This will cause the lack of spark on 3 cylinders. I am taking the flywheel off tomorrow and will be JB welding the magnet back into place. All this time and money for something that would be almost free to repair. I hope that by posting this it saves someone some time and money. I would have never discovered my problem without the other posts on this site. I want to thank everyone for their great posts and helpful advice.
It all started with a miss at WOT. It was intermittent so it was really hard to pin-point. It then became a problem when putting into forward. The motor would die and wouldn't go above 1200 RPM. I replaced / upgraded the VRO to OMS and checked spark and found a coil that wasn't firing. So I replaced that. The problem was still there though. I did a test on the stator and found nothing wrong. I pulled all my wires and ohm tested everything and still nothing. I was at a loss. I rechecked spark again and found that I not only didn't have spark on the new coil but the other 2 cylinders on that side were barely sparking. I bought a new power pack for that side figuring there was nothing else it could be. I was wrong. Still very low spark on the 3 cylinders on the starter side. I was now really at a loss.
Today I was looking to see if I have a 10amp or 35amp stator so I could replace it and noticed a magnet out of place on the flywheel. It had became loose and slid against the magnet next to it. This will cause the lack of spark on 3 cylinders. I am taking the flywheel off tomorrow and will be JB welding the magnet back into place. All this time and money for something that would be almost free to repair. I hope that by posting this it saves someone some time and money. I would have never discovered my problem without the other posts on this site. I want to thank everyone for their great posts and helpful advice.
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