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Posted by Joe on June 26, 2008, 10:11 pm
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>> My neighbor has a 6-year old rider with a Kohler engine, he says.
>> This year, unlike previous years, he finds that as he cuts his
>> half-acre, the engine wants to cut out. He suspects gas flow because
>> he can view the tubing going from the tank to the filter, thence to
>> the carburetor. He says when it happens, the filter bowl and the
>> transparent line are almost empty implying some kind of blockage. The
>> strange thing is - if he turns the motor off, and then lowers the
>> filter and its connecting lines as low as he can inside the mower
>> housing, the filter bowl will fill up quickly, and the mower then runs
>> fine again (for a while anyway). If he does the same thing with the
>> motor running, the filter bowl does not fill up, and his problem
>> persists. The inlet to the carburetor is below the outlet of the gas
>> tank.
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>> He has tried running the mower without a gas cap, and the same thing
>> happens. He has replaced the filter twice with no improvement. He
>> has blown air through the tubings. Anyone have any ideas what the
>> problem might be?
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>> Thanks
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>> -GECKO
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> I'd suspect blockage in the carburetor. Seems to me there is a mesh
> screen at the carb's intake. I'd check that and maybe consider
> getting a carb rebuild kit.
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> Otoe
ora cracked fuel line
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