sparks coming from throttle arm?

[Zooming993]

Started up a B&S 3HP (80202) for the first time (for me) and I'm seeing sparks/arcing coming off the throttle arm and the governor arm, why would this be happening?

 

[electrathon]

A hole in the spark plug wire looking for a path to ground. It is usually bit where the wire exits the fan side cover. Tape will not fix it.

 

[jeep2003]

could be the ground wire from the coil dangling down there somewhere. Im not sure if they can produce spark but its a possibility

 

[Boudreaux in La.]

could be the ground wire from the coil dangling down there somewhere. Im not sure if they can produce spark but its a possibility

Yes that can happen...... If you have a newer style mower with the bail handle to stop the engine and disconnect the coil wire to kill the engine and touch the wire to a bolt it will spark. I do it all the time when I redo a engine. Until I get a new cable or install a switch of course ...... The question is. does it miss or want to die out when the spark is happening ???/

 

[Zooming993]

Yes that can happen...... If you have a newer style mower with the bail handle to stop the engine and disconnect the coil wire to kill the engine and touch the wire to a bolt it will spark. I do it all the time when I redo a engine. Until I get a new cable or install a switch of course ...... The question is. does it miss or want to die out when the spark is happening ???/

Thanks for all the replies.

Problem resolved, turned out to be the motor kill switch linkage was causing the problem. The motor did want to die when it sparked.

 

[Boudreaux in La.]

Glad you got going Mon Ami ~!~!