BX 2370 possible fuel starvation issue

[Jerry/MT]

I have the Bota products primary fuel filter on this tractor which has been on there almost since new, about five years. I believe the filter is interchangeable with the one on an L, but I'm not sure. It has a visible filter housing in addition to being much easier to change. At any rate, the tractor has recently been dying on me which it's never done before. The first time I changed both fuel filters (even though I'd done them in the spring) which resulted in the tractor running fine....for about half an hour and then it died again. I unscrewed the primary filter housing (filter was full) and then when I tightened it back up the tractor ran fine. It's been doing this now for a few weeks; will run fine for about a half hour and then die. I open the filter, and sometimes I think I hear a vacuum escaping. Fuel runs right out of the line coming from the tank so it doesn't appear there's a blockage. When I tighten it back up, it's fine....for about a half hour, sometimes more. Any thoughts? Thanks....

It sounds like you have restricted fuel delivery. You get enough fuel to run at some power level for a half hour and you don't have enough fuel flow to continue beyond that.

Disconnect the fuel line after the last filter and hold a container under it to catch the fuel. Turn the key to the run position if you have a fuel solenoid shutoff or make sure the manual shutoff is in the run position. You should have full fuel flow CONTINUOUSLY. If it dribbles or is intermittent, you'll have to find the restriction. It could be a pinched fuel line, clogging in the head of the filter housing, etc.