Oil & Fuel Faulty BX fuel gauge?

DaveNH · May 7, 2001

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 · May 7, 2001

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 · May 9, 2001

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

DaveNH · May 9, 2001

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 · May 10, 2001

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

RPM · May 10, 2001

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 · May 10, 2001

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 · May 18, 2001

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 · May 19, 2001

Service bulletin SB 00-20

Affected units:

BX1800 ser.# range 50001-50568

BX2200 ser.# range 50001-51218

New fuel sender part# K2561-96130

Roy · May 19, 2001

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