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Engine dies when Igniter is removed

Old 07-20-2025 | 06:59 PM
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Default Engine dies when Igniter is removed

Need some basic help/answers. Novarossi motor dies now when the igniter is removed. It is still on the bump box, but dies quickly after removing the igniter. Throttles up, but the clutch seems to be grabbing a bit. Air leak? Bad fuel? Replace glowplug? Or all of the above--lol
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Old 07-21-2025 | 01:05 AM
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One of the most common issues you can find on the web as its answer: Place a fresh glowplug and be sure it has the right heat number.
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Old 07-21-2025 | 05:32 PM
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it is probably your glow plug, put a new one in and see if it fixes the issue.
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Old 07-28-2025 | 04:03 PM
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I WOULD TRY YOUR GLO PLUG AS SAID IN THE PREVIOUS POSTS
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Old 09-19-2025 | 10:03 AM
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As others have said.

New glow plug, fresh gas. Start there those are your cheapest and easiest fixes first.
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Old 09-19-2025 | 10:21 AM
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To go further on this....
The most common reaction back is "but the plug glows fine!"

The glowing is not the main function for the ignition, it has a helping function. The glowing is needed to let go ions from the glow wire. The ions will react with the fuel to startup the ignition/combustion. When the wire is dirty from lets say a carbon build up, rust from bearings/crankshaft or other dirt from a bad airfilter then there is no good surface to let the right ions go to react with the fuel.
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Old 10-03-2025 | 05:43 PM
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OP did you resolve the issue? Was it the glowplug? Gas? or combination of the above?
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