I got a new techumseh last fall. Can't have more than 6 hours on it. Problem is, it won't start when I have it warmed up. Drove it for 30 minutes yesterday and shut it off to take a 10min break. It took forever to start back up. Accually not that long (7 min after the 10). I pulled it a bunch of times but it didn't seem like it was really trying. It didn't turn over by itself at all. The only thing I can do that helps is wait. After that it starts up fine. This problem is not new, it's hapened since I got it. It starts great when it's cold.
Any Idea what could be wrong?
I might be in total left field on this one, but it is real easy to check. COIL. Some coils tend to not work when they over heat. USUALLY the engine gets warm, the coil quits working the engine dies and will not start back up until the coil has cooled off. This is common, yet this is not what you are experiencing.
Now here is my theory on your situation, as long as the engine is running, the air flow is just barely keeping your coil alive, but when you kill it then the hot temperature of your block continues to heat the coil past it's working temp, causing it to stop working. Well you don't realize it has stopped working until you try to recrank it while the coil is still hot.
Run your engine for 15 minutes, kill it, try to recrank it. If it dont start, then pull the coil wire and attach your "test spark plug" and then see if you are getting fire. No fire = defective coil. If you have fire .... ignore this post.
