Lawn mower with kawasaki motor overheats, new coil didn't help.

have you tried a different spark plug? if not that then check the ignition coil supplying spark to the plug thats fouling

engine getting hot. Take rope pull off and clean off all the air fins on the cylinder block, use air how and do a good cleaning. If flywheel still have all the cooling fins it should help the problem or even solve it. Keep mower airways clean.

need to have valve jopb done bad valkv

Hi Victor:
For parts and they have a phone number you can call.

http://www.jackssmallengines.com/

check the coil on it,not a fuel problem if the coil gets hot it will shut down and when cool cranks back up,my dad is a lawnmower mechanic!!!

This may or may not have anything to do with it however I have the same engine on my Cub Cadet Enforcer and what I found to be the problem was a wire to the saftey switch under the seat had broken. This made it sound like an engine problem by making and breaking contact as I was mowing. My first thought was a fuel filter stopped up as it was sounding like it wasn't getting fuel because it was OK when I was stopped and the engine wasn't loaded.

Yes i think you have a weak coil.they cost about 50.00 apiece.

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If you want air cooled, best to talk to them in person, describe what you want.

Mower stops running after mowing about 5 minutes. acting like it was running out of gas unitl eventually stops. I wait 10 minutes and then it restarts, runs good, then erratic...then quits again?

Carb is most likely gummed up and will need cleaning. Anytime a gas motor is store through a season, you should use a product called "stabil" in the gas to prevent gumming up. Also check that there is a strong spark coming from coil. To do this, remove spark plug, hook it up to the coil and set it on motor block and pull it over. You should see a strong spark. If you don't see the spark, then either the coil is faulty or the magnet from coil to flywheel is not getting good contact.