Smokeeater
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I have an MTD with a Kohler engine SV530-0029
The engine runs for like 5-10 min and suddenly stops. Ive ruled out Flooding and it does have spark, but I'm wondering about the ignition coil that once it heats up it fails.
I do a multimeter test on the coil (setting is 20K ohms)...going from Hi Tension wire to coil base has 9,400 ohms and Kohler spec for that is 7,900-18,000 ohms. When I test from Hi Ten wire to kill switch it's zero as well as from kill switch to coil base is zero. I've seen other coils have numbers on the last two positions, but Kohler spec only has numbers for the first position (H.T. to Base)
Am I correct in thinking the coil is no good even though the first number is still within spec cause others are zero?
The engine runs for like 5-10 min and suddenly stops. Ive ruled out Flooding and it does have spark, but I'm wondering about the ignition coil that once it heats up it fails.
I do a multimeter test on the coil (setting is 20K ohms)...going from Hi Tension wire to coil base has 9,400 ohms and Kohler spec for that is 7,900-18,000 ohms. When I test from Hi Ten wire to kill switch it's zero as well as from kill switch to coil base is zero. I've seen other coils have numbers on the last two positions, but Kohler spec only has numbers for the first position (H.T. to Base)
Am I correct in thinking the coil is no good even though the first number is still within spec cause others are zero?