macindude
Bronze Member
OK, this one's a bit weird to me.
I have a late-90s Simplicity Legacy (prior to the XL model) with a Kohler engine. I was working in the yard, driving around a corner when boom, my engine just quit suddenly. It was as if I had shut it off. No sputtering, no nothing.
After looking at it for a couple minutes to make sure there wasn't anything that should have done that, I decided to see if it was a fluke. I was able to start it right back up, but after 5-10 seconds it quit again. Started it a third time, and it lasted maybe 3-4 seconds, a fourth time and it lasted only about a second or two. Let it sit for a bit while I pondered what might cause that, and tried one more time - After the pause, it was back up to running 4-5 seconds.
Again, never any sputtering, it just shuts off suddenly.
It seems like a fuel problem to me. I wanted to at least get it back up to the garage tonight, so I took off the air cleaner and squirted some starter fluid in there. It didn't stay on, so still something wrong, but I was able to drive it up to the garage by giving it a squirt of starter fluid every couple of seconds.
Now for the weird part: Once it was parked in the garage and stopped, after another squirt or two it just kept running. Ran fine for probably a minute, but as soon as I went to move it forward, it quit. Gave it another squirt, started it back up, let it run, worked fine so I tried to back it up a foot or two. Boom, quit.
Now, a tractor that only runs when it's not moving is pretty worthless... Does anyone have an idea of what would cause this? I would think a blockage in the tank wouldn't make it shut off so suddenly, nor would a clogged fuel line/filter let it run just fine as long as it isn't moving.
Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
I have a late-90s Simplicity Legacy (prior to the XL model) with a Kohler engine. I was working in the yard, driving around a corner when boom, my engine just quit suddenly. It was as if I had shut it off. No sputtering, no nothing.
After looking at it for a couple minutes to make sure there wasn't anything that should have done that, I decided to see if it was a fluke. I was able to start it right back up, but after 5-10 seconds it quit again. Started it a third time, and it lasted maybe 3-4 seconds, a fourth time and it lasted only about a second or two. Let it sit for a bit while I pondered what might cause that, and tried one more time - After the pause, it was back up to running 4-5 seconds.
Again, never any sputtering, it just shuts off suddenly.
It seems like a fuel problem to me. I wanted to at least get it back up to the garage tonight, so I took off the air cleaner and squirted some starter fluid in there. It didn't stay on, so still something wrong, but I was able to drive it up to the garage by giving it a squirt of starter fluid every couple of seconds.
Now for the weird part: Once it was parked in the garage and stopped, after another squirt or two it just kept running. Ran fine for probably a minute, but as soon as I went to move it forward, it quit. Gave it another squirt, started it back up, let it run, worked fine so I tried to back it up a foot or two. Boom, quit.
Now, a tractor that only runs when it's not moving is pretty worthless... Does anyone have an idea of what would cause this? I would think a blockage in the tank wouldn't make it shut off so suddenly, nor would a clogged fuel line/filter let it run just fine as long as it isn't moving.
Any ideas? Thanks in advance.