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Originally Posted by J-Mech

You sure about that? You looked at the diagram?

I haven't checked it yet, but pretty sure that has a magneto ignition, and an oil sentry system. With a magneto, no power to cut. Might even be the oil sentry causing issues. If the fuel solenoid was bad, it wouldn't even attempt to start.

To the OP:
Did you check to see if there was power to the solenoid? It doesn't work if it doesn't get power. Don't go replacing parts until you know what is bad. Waste of money, guessing is.

I didnt check the diagram... You might be correct in the oil sentry. I had a 1042 some years back and had a similar issue. Would run for a second or 2 then shut off. I checks all the safeties and so on and it turned out to be the fuel shut off. the solenoid was bad but when i took it out i also saw that the little rubber plunger was worn so a tiny bit of fuel would get in there after and hour or so. Then it would start for a few seconds and shut down.

As with most bad solenoids if i turned the key on for a few seconds it would get pretty hot so I knew it was bad.