I find no spark on my honda GCV160?

I have just got a Honda GXV160, and the owners manual says
0.028-0.031 "
0.70 - 0.80 mm gap.

Briggs and Stratton motors all have same plug gap, I expect Honda will also.

Worth starting at the above gap.

Good luck

Bruce from New Zealand
May 2009

Seeing that you have replaced the coil (I assume with a new one ) There are two possibilities here..
1. The oil level is low, so that the low oil sensor is shutting off the spark or
2. there is a small resistor in the plug cap which may be faulty. Remove the plug cap and see if you have a spark from the bare wire of the plug lead.

John
April 2009

...and how thick is "a couple of sheets of paper" Newspaper? Writing paper? Toilet paper?

pleasant
April 2009

Errr strange if you've bought a new coil.....are you sure the plug is ok? Try another one. The only thing I can think of here is that the gap between the coil and the flywheel should be very small - about the thickness of a couple of sheets of paper.

John
April 2009