Troubleshooting - Tecumseh SPECTRA 37 Service And Repair Manual

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This section is designed to help the repairer identify the engine fault and perform the necessary repair.
The main symptoms of defective engines are listed below. The numbers listed under each defect indicate the causes
and remedies contained in the following pages.
- ENGINE DOES NOT START OR HAS DIFFICULTY STARTING
1/1, 1/4, 1/7, 2/4, 2/5, 2/6, 3/1, 3/4, 4/1, 4/2, 4/3, 4/4, 4/5, 5/1, 5/2, 5/6, 5/7, 5/8
- ENGINE DOES NOT GIVE
1/2, 2/5, 2/8, 5/2, 5/3
- ENGINE DOES NOT SHUT OFF
1/3
- ENGINE IS HARD AT START UP OR KICKS BACK
1/4, 1/5, 1/7, 3/3, 4/3
- ENGINE STARTS BUT DOES NOT CONTINUE RUNNING
2/1, 2/2, 2/3, 3/2
- ENGINE OPERATION IS FAULTY
2/7, 2/8, 3/5
- ENGINE FALLS
2/9
- ENGINE GIVES OFF OR CONSUMES OIL
5/4, 5/5
- VIBRATIONS
1/6
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