Cub Cadet doing some strange stuff

[wild4stangs]

Hey guys, I have a 1995 Cub HDS 2165 with 485 hours on the clock. Lately after running for a while, when I shut it down, it will smoke a bit... Also after shutting down, on restarting 20 minutes later it will at time stall like it is fuel staved... Take a lot of cranking and messing with the choke to get her going again.:confused2: Once she is running all is good...

What do y'all thing is going on ?

This tractor has a 16hp Kohler vtwin...

 

[deerseeker001]

check and see if there is a vent hole in gas cap,take straight pin and clean hole.Welcome from Wisconsin.

 

[sensabmc]

fuel shutoff solenoid is bad

find and replace

 

[wild4stangs]

Yes I know the gas cap vent trick..I tried starting it with the cap off, that did not help.. Guess I will look into the fuel solonoid.. Any idea what that does

 

[jim44]

It turns off the gas so as to (supposedly) prevent that last gasp pop (backfire) when you shut off the engine. It seems to really do pretty much nothing. I had a similar problem with a lt1050, and the CC mechanic said to just open it up and snip off the end of the needle and reinstall it. That's what I did and it solved the problem. I still got no pop when shutting it off. If you do much trailering of the machine, it's good to install an in-line shut off valve, as the jiggling could cause flooding type issues.

 

[wild4stangs]

It turns off the gas so as to (supposedly) prevent that last gasp pop (backfire) when you shut off the engine. It seems to really do pretty much nothing. I had a similar problem with a lt1050, and the CC mechanic said to just open it up and snip off the end of the needle and reinstall it. That's what I did and it solved the problem. I still got no pop when shutting it off. If you do much trailering of the machine, it's good to install an in-line shut off valve, as the jiggling could cause flooding type issues.

OK, I will give this a try.. I will also install a shut off valve. My tractor backfires every time unless I let her idle for a bit first. Any ideas why sge is puffin a bit of smoke on shut down ?