My kids CA will run for a few minutes and die like it was shut off. Went through the usual, fuel flow out the tank, fuel flow out the carb, took the carb apart and cleaned it (which it didn't need), cleaned and set the points. Still after it gets to operating temp it dies. I have never had a condenser go bad but that is what it sounds like to me. I'm 2 hours away or I could just run over there and swap it out. The coil in the mag looks fairly new. Could it be the condenser? She has been running great for several years and this just out of the blue.
- Thread starter thdrduck
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To me it sounds like the mag is worn out and
needs to be rebuilt or replaced. Before you
go that route it wouldn't hurt to swap out
the condenser just to rule that out as they
can cause the same problems when they go bad,
but they tend to also cause rough running and
hard starting when they go to pot.
needs to be rebuilt or replaced. Before you
go that route it wouldn't hurt to swap out
the condenser just to rule that out as they
can cause the same problems when they go bad,
but they tend to also cause rough running and
hard starting when they go to pot.
steve(ill)
Well-known Member
Could be the coil or the condenser.. Since the coil looks newer i would change out the condenser
and see how that works.... If it still stalls, then change the coil.. I have had a couple of the
newer RED coils fail after several years... Condenser failures are a common problem.
and see how that works.... If it still stalls, then change the coil.. I have had a couple of the
newer RED coils fail after several years... Condenser failures are a common problem.
Ted in NE-OH
Well-known Member
Buy a .22 mfd 600 volt capacitor on line
teddy52food
Well-known Member
I have the proper testers to check it out.
wore out
Well-known Member
A multimeter can't determine if a condenser will break down from voltage in operation, or if a coil has a few ''shorted turns'' (which will greatly affect spark output) so it is all but worthless as to giving a definitive result as to if those components will actually work in the ignition circuit.
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