Oil & Fuel Faulty BX fuel gauge?

[DaveNH]

Any one else with a faulty fuel gauge?
I ran mine out of fuel this weekend -- the dashboard gauge reported 1/4 tank.

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[RPM]

I've certainly noticed that mine moves around a LOT. Every once in a while (every hour or so) I'll stop for a minute on flat ground to see what the true read-out is. I get the impression that either there's a lot of sloshing (technical term) of fuel in the tank or the sensor/gauge is badly placed.

One other bug I noticed on my BX is that sometimes I have to engage and disengage the PTO clutch lever for it to start.

 

[Anonymous Poster]

Service bulletin out on this , check with your dealer. They'll either recalobrate (bend the float rod) or replace the sender.

 

[DaveNH]

Thanks,
I made the call and they'll be out on Friday to fix it
and change the fuel filter(?)

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[Myles]

so would new BX's be affected by this or only older ones?

 

[RPM]

Mine is only around a month old - but don't know how long the dealer had it on his lot. I'll be calling to see what happens ... haven't got around to it yet.

 

[DaveNH]

Purchased November of last year with a serial number of 56XXX. 44 hours. First couple of tankfulls the guage
appeared to work fine. But last week the guage definately reported 1/4 tank as it choked, smoked, cought then died.

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[Myles]

With just 8 hours on the new Bx2200, and supposedly 1/3 of a tank of fuel....cough sputter cough. First I thought something was wrong with it....then I remembered reading this thread...poured in some more fuel and away it went. The dealer sent someone out anyway and they said they will look into the fix. They even re-adjusted the grass cutting level while they were there....it seems someone messed with the adjustment and had the wheels too low.....dang tractor gremlins.

Anyone else get the fuel guage fixed?

 

[Anonymous Poster]

Service bulletin SB 00-20

Affected units:

BX1800 ser.# range 50001-50568

BX2200 ser.# range 50001-51218

New fuel sender part# K2561-96130

 

[Roy]

Thanks, Kubmech. My own 2200 has a fuel gauge that comes and goes (goes when I’m on it, corrects right when I’m about to call the dealer /w3tcompact/icons/frown.gif). Serial number falls in the range. I’ll give ‘em a call.

Roy