Consumerbot7369
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I've never owned a tractor before, and it's been a learning curve. Got this thing less than a year ago, and put about 65 hours on it, mostly mowing with a flail. Yesterday, I had occasion to fire it up to rescue the 4x4 pickup my son managed to get buried in the mud. I didn't mind--figured it was due to be run, anyhow, been parked for about a month.
After hooking up a chain to the truck, as I tried to pull it out, the engine first bogged and recovered as I backed off the pedal, then stalled out completely when I gave it another go. Started right up, revved up to speed, but stalled again as I started pulling hard. My kid fired up the truck and used its power to assist, and with the combined power, we managed to get the truck out of the mud. I hopped out of the Kioti, and when I unscrewed the fuel cap, heard an audible hissing sound. I was thinking that it seemed to be acting fuel starved, and I thought I'd peek in the tank to see if the fuel had gelled, even though it was fairly warm day in the 40's.
After a bit of searching and reading, I'm guessing the fuel cap vent is the culprit. Figured I'd share my story here. Feels kinda weird to be having that kind of trouble less than a year in.
Oh, and a question: it shouldn't even be possible to stall the engine with the HST in low range, right? Shouldn't the relief kick in first?
After hooking up a chain to the truck, as I tried to pull it out, the engine first bogged and recovered as I backed off the pedal, then stalled out completely when I gave it another go. Started right up, revved up to speed, but stalled again as I started pulling hard. My kid fired up the truck and used its power to assist, and with the combined power, we managed to get the truck out of the mud. I hopped out of the Kioti, and when I unscrewed the fuel cap, heard an audible hissing sound. I was thinking that it seemed to be acting fuel starved, and I thought I'd peek in the tank to see if the fuel had gelled, even though it was fairly warm day in the 40's.
After a bit of searching and reading, I'm guessing the fuel cap vent is the culprit. Figured I'd share my story here. Feels kinda weird to be having that kind of trouble less than a year in.
Oh, and a question: it shouldn't even be possible to stall the engine with the HST in low range, right? Shouldn't the relief kick in first?
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