Troubleshooting - Craftsman 580.327130 Operator's Manual

PROBLEM
Engine isrunning,butno
ACoutput isavailable.
Enginerunsgoodat no-loadbut "bogs
down"whenloadsare connected.
Enginewillnotstart; or starts
and runsrough.
Engineshutsdown duringoperation.
Enginelackspower.
Engine"hunts"or falters.
CAUSE
1. One ofthe circuitbreakersis open.
2. Fault in generator.
3. Poorconnectionor defectivecordset.
4. Connecteddeviceis bad.
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2.
3.
CORRECTION
1. Resetcircuitbreaker.
2. ContactSearsservicefacility.
3. Checkand repair.
4. Connectanotherdevicethat is in good
condition.
Shortcircuitin a connectedload. 1.
Enginespeedistoo slow. 2.
Generatoris overloaded. 3.
.
4. Shortedgeneratorcircuit.
1. Run/StopSwitchset to "Stop".
2. Dirtyair cleaner.
3. Outof gasoline.
4. Stalegasoline.
5. Sparkplugwire notconnected
to sparkplug.
6. Bad sparkplug.
7. Waterin gasoline.
8. Overchoking.
9. Lowoil level.
10.Excessively richfuel mixture.
11.Intakevalve stuckopen or closed.
12.Enginehaslost compression.
1. Outof gasoline.
2. Lowoil level.
I. Load istoo high.
2. Dirtyair filter.
1. Chokeis openedtoo soon.
2. Carburetorisrunningtoo rich
or too lean.
Disconnect s hortedelectricalload.
ContactSearsservicefacility.
See"Don'tOverloadthe Generator",
page8.
ContactSearsservicefacility.
1. Setswitchto "Run".
2. Cleanor replaceair cleaner.
3. Fillfueltank.
4. Draingas tank;fill withfresh fuel.
5. Connectwireto sparkplug.
6. Replacesparkplug.
7. Draingas tank;fill withfresh fuel.
8. Openchokefully and crankengine.
9. Fillcrankcaseto properlevel.
10. ContactSearsservicefacility.
11. ContactSearsservicefacility.
12. ContactSearsservicefacility.
1. Fillfueltank.
2. Fillcrankcaseto properlevel.
1. See"Don'tOverloadthe Generator" o n
page8.
2. Replaceair filter.
1. Movechoketo halfwaypositionuntil
enginerunssmoothly.
2. ContactSearsservicefacility.
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