QuestionQUESTION: Hello i have a 1992 john Deere tractor with a 17hp Kawasaki
after about 10 or 15 minutes of cutting grass it starts to miss and sputter loosing power and the exhaust smells rich
if i shut the pto off it does help after it sits a few minutes it will run fine for another 10 minutes before it does it again i loosened the gas cap and changed the plug and fuel filter i noticed the fuel filter is not filled up with gas at times you cant see gas in it and at the most its less than 1 full any ideas why the filter is not filled with gas i think thats my problem thank you Dave
ANSWER: Is there any smoking? What maintenance has been done to the engine on a regular basis? What's the model of the engine?
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QUESTION: there is no smoke the tractor is a 1992 john deere model 265 with a 17 horse kawasaki motor it has been maintained very very well it has 500 hrs on it. I did replace the fuel filter spark plug and the gas is fresh and i only used john deere parts even there oil.
AnswerThe fuel filter won't completely fill. About 1/2-3/4 is normal. Since you say it smell rich, I would check the choke. Sometimes you'll have a choke that's loose and starts to close and this would cause all the problems you listed. When it starts acting up, pull the air filter off and see if the choke plate is half-closed. Check that and let me know what you find. Thanks, PK.
