Gary Fowler
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- Joined
- Jun 23, 2008
- Messages
- 11,998
- Location
- Bismarck Arkansas
- Tractor
- 2009 Kubota RTV 900, 2009 Kubota B26 TLB & 2010 model LS P7010
The last time I mowed with my Ferris with the Kawasaki 691V engine, it started surging like it was running out of gas. I found that the fuel filter was plugged. I took it off, blew it out and finished mowing. The next day I bought a new filter and installed it. It seemed to run ok then so I put it in the storage shed. A few days after I went to start it to mow my neighbors yard and it was hard to start, ran only a few seconds before shutting down, but in the process it was blowing lots of smoke and spitting out an oily mix of gas and oil.
Finally I checked the oil level and it was almost to the top of the stick. That is when I saw that about 1/4 tank of fuel was missing. The entire crankcase had filled up with gasoline.
I managed to pull it out of the shop with my RTV and drained out the crankcase, removed the oil filter, poured a couple quarts of oil in to flush it changed the filter and refilled it with oil.
I cranked it up and it smoked like crazy, but I managed to get it into the shop. I unhooked the fuel line above the fuel filter so it would not siphon any gas and noted the level of fuel in the filter. The next day I noted that no fuel was in the filter. I then removed some plating on the rear bumper so I could access the carb. I managed to get my thinnest 1/2" wrench in between the fuel cutoff solenoid and the carb bowl to remove it. The bowl was completely full of gasoline. I checked the solenoid and it was working so I assumed that some trash had gotten under the needle valve and held it open.
I reassembled it, noting the fuel level in the tank and in the filter. a couple of days have gone by and it seems to be holding the fuel valve closed.
I was just wondering if anyone else has had that problem with the Kawasaki engines. It seems that it doesn't have a carb bowl float, just the solenoid shutoff when the key is turned off, otherwise it is free to siphon the fuel from the tank.
Finally I checked the oil level and it was almost to the top of the stick. That is when I saw that about 1/4 tank of fuel was missing. The entire crankcase had filled up with gasoline.
I managed to pull it out of the shop with my RTV and drained out the crankcase, removed the oil filter, poured a couple quarts of oil in to flush it changed the filter and refilled it with oil.
I cranked it up and it smoked like crazy, but I managed to get it into the shop. I unhooked the fuel line above the fuel filter so it would not siphon any gas and noted the level of fuel in the filter. The next day I noted that no fuel was in the filter. I then removed some plating on the rear bumper so I could access the carb. I managed to get my thinnest 1/2" wrench in between the fuel cutoff solenoid and the carb bowl to remove it. The bowl was completely full of gasoline. I checked the solenoid and it was working so I assumed that some trash had gotten under the needle valve and held it open.
I reassembled it, noting the fuel level in the tank and in the filter. a couple of days have gone by and it seems to be holding the fuel valve closed.
I was just wondering if anyone else has had that problem with the Kawasaki engines. It seems that it doesn't have a carb bowl float, just the solenoid shutoff when the key is turned off, otherwise it is free to siphon the fuel from the tank.
