JD285 intermittent shut down

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jeffmazz

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Location
Cumberland County PA
Tractor
Kubota BX22--Wheel Horse 520H
My neighbor has a 1991 JD285 Garden Tractor with a Kawasaki liquid cooled engine. The engine shuts off without warning intermittently. It usually takes about an hour or so before it starts acting up. It will re-start immediately after shutting down. When it shuts down it does not backfire or give any other type of warning.....it simply turns itself off. He took it to the dealer last season and after $900.00 of repairs nothing has changed. He doesn't know what the dealer did as far as repairs and he can not find his work order.

The fuel tank vent is not the problem. When it shuts down the fuel filter is full and there is no vaccum pressure in the fuel tank. The dealer did replace the fuel cap....that much we know. The odd thing is when it re-starts it cranks for a while as if it had run out of fuel.

Thanks in advance for any input.
 
   / JD285 intermittent shut down #2  
Food for thought:

I have a 17HP Kawa liq.cool and have had a similar characteristical problem. I cleaned the carb. Done deal.

The smallest piece of trash can wreak havoc.
 
   / JD285 intermittent shut down #3  
KAw. had some ignition problems; check with dealer to see if your moel was among them with bad ignition modules.
 

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