Another "runs for 20 - 30 minutes and dies" thread

[gstrom99]

The SIL has a Gravely ProTurn 152 zero turn mower that has the above (common to many brands) mower issue. He'd replace the fuel filter and it would only be fixed for a little while. We swapped mowers, so I could Dx it. I pulled the filter and found the feed hose packed at the filter inlet. I pulled the pickup from both tanks and found the right one had it's screen come apart which would allow the little "cap" to suck up and plug the line and had allowed all the upstream debris. I blew out the lines and ordered and await new parts. I'll also pump out the tanks and run the fuel through my remote filter to see what else might be in there.

 

[Richard001]

What, does she put grass seeds in the fuel tank?

 

[oldnslo]

Hopefully you can get all that crud cleaned out of that tank and remind the operator that the fuel pump is not a trash pump….

 

[Too many Kubotas]

That could be bacteria...or just sloppy cleanliness when refueling.

Couldn't hurt to put some BioBor in the tank either way.