btcva19
07-09-2006, 07:16 PM
I posted awhile back about my Fastrak Honda 18 hp running on 1 cylinder. I used emory cloth and cleaned the coils and put in new spark plugs and the problem was gone for about 3 mowings. Now its back again. This mower only has 73 hours on it. Unfortunately it is out of warranty. This sure is frustrating. Anyway after I started it up today it took about 3 minutes before it started running on both cylinders. I don't want to have to change spark plugs everytime I mow. Weak coil? Any suggestions? When I start the mower I leave throttle at minimum and slighty pull up the choke knob and it fires right up and is idling rough. I then push the choke knob in all the way and let the engine warm up for about 30 seconds and that is when I try and go to full throttle and that's when it still is running on 1 cylinder. I do not wash this mower everytime I use it, although I have probably washed it 3 or 4 times, it is not stored in the weather and does stay in a garage. Should I try a hotter plug? Sorry for the rambling, I'm just a little irate. Thanks in advance for any suggestion, Paul