Mike_S
Silver Member
This Toro Z589 has a water-cooled, digital fuel-injected Kawasaki engine and started having fuel problems at 52 hours in which the fuel pump heats up and it runs out of fuel in the fuel filter OR it runs out of fuel in the fuel filter and then the fuel pump heats up -- in any event, the fuel filter empties and if the mower is turned off and then to the on position, the fuel pump then fills the filter which immediately empties and the fuel is bubbling as if it were boiling. This happens after about 45 minutes of mowing. Let it sit for 10-15 minutes and it starts up and runs great for another 45 minutes or so and the whole fuel issue is repeated. Normally, when during the times when it is actually running right, the fuel pump is warm and not hot.
The dealer cannot get to it for 2-3 weeks and then a week for parts means too much down time at this time of year, so I have been putting up with it. The dealer allowed me to install a new fuel tank selector valve and I coughed up the money for a new fuel pump ($171) and neither helped the situation. It does not make any difference which tank is used as the fuel source.
Since the downtime at the dealer is such a killer, can anyone suggest what might be the solution to the fuel filter emptying after just 45 minutes of run time with so few hours on the mower -- after the fuel pump and selector valve have been replaced?
Unless I can get this cleared up ASAP, it will be my first and LAST (allegedly "commercial") Toro ZMaster. GRRRRRRRRR
Suggestions/opinions/experience?
Mike_S
The dealer cannot get to it for 2-3 weeks and then a week for parts means too much down time at this time of year, so I have been putting up with it. The dealer allowed me to install a new fuel tank selector valve and I coughed up the money for a new fuel pump ($171) and neither helped the situation. It does not make any difference which tank is used as the fuel source.
Since the downtime at the dealer is such a killer, can anyone suggest what might be the solution to the fuel filter emptying after just 45 minutes of run time with so few hours on the mower -- after the fuel pump and selector valve have been replaced?
Unless I can get this cleared up ASAP, it will be my first and LAST (allegedly "commercial") Toro ZMaster. GRRRRRRRRR
Suggestions/opinions/experience?
Mike_S