DieselBound
Elite Member
I'd remove the fuel cap, pull off the line going to the input side of the filter and blow some compressed air (low pressure!) back toward the tank: if you blow by mouth you'd be able to tell if there's a blockage, one that would dislodge and then perhaps re-block (tank outlet)*. And if all is good there then (with all that put back) pull the output side of the fuel filter and use something like a MityVac to pull fuel. If all pans out here then it's likely a pump issue (or fuel lines; return lines are a good thing to check).
* At this point it COULD be a bad fuel cap. Blocked vent.
I had issues when I first got my Kioti. I suspect that I was getting an ice blockage at the tank nipple outlet: small exit hole wouldn't take a very sizable ice pellet to block; I suspect the formation of the pellet would have started right there (smaller fuel mass and more exposure to temperature drop.
I once had a piece of woody material lodge up between the fuel hose from the tank and the frame. I was able to figure this out by blowing back from the filter.
* At this point it COULD be a bad fuel cap. Blocked vent.
I had issues when I first got my Kioti. I suspect that I was getting an ice blockage at the tank nipple outlet: small exit hole wouldn't take a very sizable ice pellet to block; I suspect the formation of the pellet would have started right there (smaller fuel mass and more exposure to temperature drop.
I once had a piece of woody material lodge up between the fuel hose from the tank and the frame. I was able to figure this out by blowing back from the filter.
