droy
Silver Member
Sorry for long post,
2013 cabbed 4740, HST+ with 1100+ hrs. Experiencing power loss, engine bogging & slow to recover especially when shredding.
I’m over the road O/O, wife mostly cuts pasture & had been complaining about power loss. Approx year back, two things happened when my job was really busy- algae in fuel, treated, drained tank, r&r fuel water filter (many times).
Also about the same time, one of the fel cables broke, replaced both but not adjusted correctly- have to carefully return control to neutral or it will load up engine a bit.
Yesterday before draining tank (again), I forced air through fuel line at filter, letting air agitate the fuel in tank then let it drain through hose & catching it before filter. Fuel looks good, no evidence of algae. When replacing old filter, I did notice a brown piece of something in filter bowl thought to be but not a leaf particle, approximately 3/16” x 3/16” not the algae sludge I previously encountered. Using a wet dry vac, vacuumed the empty tank- no trash.
Filled with fresh fuel, checked both air filters, cranked & did injector cut-out (loosen injector lines individually), same engine miss for each.
Engine did seem a tad bit more responsive but still sluggish. Using Stall guard, always did for some reason, it slows to a crawl when in some grass I feel it should zip through. Also sluggish moving dirt with fel & bb.
The engine doesn’t appear to have a miss, just feels like a 10 hp loss.
Wondering if improperly adjusted fel controls could be loading engine, (I do notice a difference when controls not fully in neutral) & irregardless would like to get it properly adjusted.
I’m only aware of the one fuel filter, loosened injector lines spraying good; did notice the “bleeder” line on injector pump partially open, closing it makes no difference in performance.
What am I missing? Valve adjustment? Any help / suggestions appreciated, & once again, if I someone knows the procedure to properly adjust the fel control cables, would be a big big help.
Thanks in advance & happy Father’s Day!!!
2013 cabbed 4740, HST+ with 1100+ hrs. Experiencing power loss, engine bogging & slow to recover especially when shredding.
I’m over the road O/O, wife mostly cuts pasture & had been complaining about power loss. Approx year back, two things happened when my job was really busy- algae in fuel, treated, drained tank, r&r fuel water filter (many times).
Also about the same time, one of the fel cables broke, replaced both but not adjusted correctly- have to carefully return control to neutral or it will load up engine a bit.
Yesterday before draining tank (again), I forced air through fuel line at filter, letting air agitate the fuel in tank then let it drain through hose & catching it before filter. Fuel looks good, no evidence of algae. When replacing old filter, I did notice a brown piece of something in filter bowl thought to be but not a leaf particle, approximately 3/16” x 3/16” not the algae sludge I previously encountered. Using a wet dry vac, vacuumed the empty tank- no trash.
Filled with fresh fuel, checked both air filters, cranked & did injector cut-out (loosen injector lines individually), same engine miss for each.
Engine did seem a tad bit more responsive but still sluggish. Using Stall guard, always did for some reason, it slows to a crawl when in some grass I feel it should zip through. Also sluggish moving dirt with fel & bb.
The engine doesn’t appear to have a miss, just feels like a 10 hp loss.
Wondering if improperly adjusted fel controls could be loading engine, (I do notice a difference when controls not fully in neutral) & irregardless would like to get it properly adjusted.
I’m only aware of the one fuel filter, loosened injector lines spraying good; did notice the “bleeder” line on injector pump partially open, closing it makes no difference in performance.
What am I missing? Valve adjustment? Any help / suggestions appreciated, & once again, if I someone knows the procedure to properly adjust the fel control cables, would be a big big help.
Thanks in advance & happy Father’s Day!!!