My 5hp honda motor stopped

[Bugnatr]

Just wanted to share a unusual experience from today. Background, in my bug business I have 5 small engines that power our spray rigs. 3 honda and two briggs. The Briggs suck compared to the honda but that's another story.

Sooo today my son was running a 10 + year old honda 5 hp when it just stopped running.

Low oil? Nope, plenty because it's a honda and it does not burn oil.

Fuel? Nope, had plenty and you could smell it when pulling over the motor.

Obviously it had lost spark so I pulled the plug, may have been the original as it a honda. They will run forever on the factory plug.

However upon inspection of the plug I see a fine fleck of carbon between the center electrode and the ground electrode. I gave it a quick puff and it was gone. Installed the plug and the motor fired right up-it's a honda!

In all my years and countless spark plugs I have never had one ground it's self on a flake on carbon. Go figure...

Yes I'll run some Sea Foam soon.

 

[majicmaker]

You meet the nicest people on a Honda!

 

[Niehart]

You meet the nicest people on a Honda!

And bugs ....

 

[exskibum]

You got quality there, Doug. There's just nothing that competes with a Honda engine in small equipment. Where you REALLY appreciate that is in snowblowers. I used to live in the lee of Alpine Meadows on the west shore of Lake Tahoe, and have owned and run other brands. But I finally got smart and bought a Honda. When I moved below 6,000 feet, I sold it to a couple in South Lake Tahoe (for whom that 7hp blower is probably still starting on the first or second pull). If I was ever in the market for a snowblower again, it would have to be a Honda. More expensive than the others, but worth every penny.

 

[dcarver]

And that is also why honda motorbikes are better than yamahas..

 

[HotRodZilla]

I like small Honda engines, but my 2000w Yamaha generators can tell Honda to suck it.

 

[beemerdons]

You meet the nicest people on a Honda!

And bugs ....

+1, Gunny!

 

[supertankerm60a3]

I have had carbon bridge the gap a few times in the past, but it was always on 2 stroke dirt bikes.

 

[Bustanut joker]

Me nutz itch.

 

[Bugnatr]

Me nutz itch.

Torque em' down. 84# otta do the job

 

[HotRodZilla]

Me nutz itch.

Torque em' down. 84# otta do the job

He can't get a wrench to them. Sheila has them stashed away in a baby food jar?

 

[Dudewado]

Me nutz itch.

Torque em' down. 84# otta do the job

He can't get a wrench to them. Sheila has them stashed away in a baby food jar contact lens case?

FTFY

 

[TomInPA]

I have a similar problem with a Stihl BR420C blower. Ran great for at least the last 10+ years. I'm not getting any ignition. It's 2-stroke so no oil except in the fuel. Changed the spark plug, no dice. Checked that the kill switch is not grounding the ignition. I finally gave up and took it to the dealer today figuring it might be the ignition module. I don't see any spark and there is no suggestion it's going to run.

Oh well, it's Memorial Day Weekend...I should see it before the leaves fall again.

 

[Bustanut joker]

Me nutz itch.

Torque em' down. 84# otta do the job

He can't get a wrench to them. Sheila has them stashed away in a baby food jar contact lens case?

FTFY

Me nutz itch.

Torque em' down. 84# otta do the job

He can't get a wrench to them. Sheila has them stashed away in a baby food jar contact lens case?

FTFY

Me nutz itch.

Torque em' down. 84# otta do the job

He can't get a wrench to them. Sheila has them stashed away in a baby food jar contact lens case?

FTFY

********* John!! Why did you have to give her yer old lens case to prove they fit?

 

[dcarver]

Got my 1987 Sears n Roebuck 14 hp riding mower fixed today.

With a set of plugs, I **** you not, from an 1964 El Camino.

Original plugs, AC Delco.

 

[bergmen]

Just wanted to share a unusual experience from today. Background, in my bug business I have 5 small engines that power our spray rigs. 3 honda and two briggs. The Briggs suck compared to the honda but that's another story.Sooo today my son was running a 10 + year old honda 5 hp when it just stopped running.

Low oil? Nope, plenty because it's a honda and it does not burn oil.

Fuel? Nope, had plenty and you could smell it when pulling over the motor.

Obviously it had lost spark so I pulled the plug, may have been the original as it a honda. They will run forever on the factory plug.

However upon inspection of the plug I see a fine fleck of carbon between the center electrode and the ground electrode. I gave it a quick puff and it was gone. Installed the plug and the motor fired right up-it's a honda!

In all my years and countless spark plugs I have never had one ground it's self on a flake on carbon. Go figure...

Yes I'll run some Sea Foam soon.

I only had this happen once, on my first multi-state motorcycle trip back in the summer of 1968. I was cruising on the freeay in Oregon on my XLCH Sportster when suddenly it began to run on one cylinder. Pulled over and felt which head was cooler and pulled the plug (since it was a cylinder specific cutout). A small flake of carbon bridged the plug just like you described. Flicked it off, replaced plug fired it up and on my way maybe five minutes later.

Dan