Devin_Anderson
New member
I was wondering if any of you all could tell me if you have had this happen or heard of it happening to someone before. I was mowing a level pasture today with a 60" RMM when for no apparent reason the tractor started to loose power. (engine RPM dropped from 2500 to 2100) and seemed to be running rough. I disengaged the PTO and engine came back up to speed. Tried to reengage PTO but engine bogged down again. I let it just sit there and run for a minute or so throttled down then throttled up, reengaged PTO and it stayed at 2500 RPM. This problem continued intermittently for the rest of my mowing and seemed to come back when I was on a slope or turning to mow in a different direction. I just went over 50 hours today and plan on serviceing it myself. The air filter was checked prior to mowing and looked good. I am thinking it was water in the fuel but don't know how it got in there. I buy my fuel at the same place I buy fuel for my Duramax and have never had any problems with it. Can the fuel cap leak? I guess what I am asking is the fuel cap vented? I plan on inspecting the fuel filter bowl tomorrow but thought I would ask if anyone else has experienced this. Thanks for your time.