BX2660 Power loss

[TripleR]

I had the same issue and my brother who is the mechanic in our family found this clogged, cleaned it out and works fine. Yes taking the tan off, but hes use to that.

 

[LostInTheWoods]

I had the same issue and my brother who is the mechanic in our family found this clogged, cleaned it out and works fine. Yes taking the tan off, but hes use to that.

Thanks TripleR! What is that, and where did he find it? Is that where the line connects to the tank?

 

[TripleR]

Thanks TripleR! What is that, and where did he find it? Is that where the line connects to the tank?

Yes, blowing back through the line would "fix" it temporarily.

 

[LouNY]

I had the same issue and my brother who is the mechanic in our family found this clogged, cleaned it out and works fine. Yes taking the tan off, but hes use to that.

I had a similar problem with my Oliver 1550, she would be running great and just loose power and almost quit.
I ended up pulling the sediment bowl and fitting out of the tank and had a hard shelled beetle that was floating around and would get pulled down into the feed pipe.
If you have any fittings on your tank outlet pull it out drain and flush the tank and blow the lines out with them disconnected from the tank.

 

[DaveB2650]

Certainly sounds like a fuel starvation issue.
Fuel pump slowly loosing pressure/cavitation from a bad seal.
If there were a constant reduction in fuel delivery, the problem wouldn't be gradual, it would always be there from start-up.
I imagine your problem would take longer to develop if you started and left the tractor at idle versus revving up 2/3'rds once it's warmed up.
Me, I'd check seals/gaskets for a vacuum leak allowing air into the pressurized side of the fuel delivery.

 

[Snappy BX]

Is the fuel filter empty when the loss of power occurs ?
If so the cause is probably something floating in tank, then blocking the fuel line.
Floats up when you stop and blocks it with the suction when running.

 

[connor77]

I might have been the person someone referenced. I had this exact same issue with my 2660. I replaced fuel filters multiple times and also fuel pump. None of these things was the culprit. I finally bought a small shop vac and actually vacuumed out my fuel tank completely after having run the tractor almost out of fuel. Sure enough there was a small piece of plastic, I believe from the tank manufacture, that kept covering the fuel line. The shop vac's first use was this cleaning so I could see nothing other than fuel and this small piece of plastic in the vac container when I was done. No issues since. A pain but I didn't have to remove my tank. As a precaution I now use a filter before adding fuel to my tractor just as another safety precaution but I don't believe I've ever had an issue with bad diesel. Good luck....