Hi All.
This is my 1st post and this forum looks to be a great place to ask questions.
I have a John Deere LA130 riding mower that has been losing rpm or stalling when under load. It's also random. I'll be cutting grass and the engine will slowly lose rpm until I come to a stop and let the engine build up the rpm again over 15 seconds or so with the mower deck engaged. After the rpm's recover I'll proceed again but the same thing occurs again. Loss of engine rpm and the need to stop. If I disengage the mower deck the engine picks up rpm immediately. It only seems to lose rpm's when under load. If I don't stop and just keep cutting the grass it'll eventually just stall the motor but sometimes I can go a fair distance with no loss of rpm and no problems?
I did a full maintenance on it last month too to try and fix the problem but nothing worked. I put in new oil, oil filter, plugs, (gaped correctly too), checked for spark from both plugs and cables, (all good), and new gas filter and air filter.
This Briggs & Stratten motor ran perfectly last year and this problem just started the 1st month of summer after using it once for 2 hours with no issues.
Suggestions?
This is my 1st post and this forum looks to be a great place to ask questions.
I have a John Deere LA130 riding mower that has been losing rpm or stalling when under load. It's also random. I'll be cutting grass and the engine will slowly lose rpm until I come to a stop and let the engine build up the rpm again over 15 seconds or so with the mower deck engaged. After the rpm's recover I'll proceed again but the same thing occurs again. Loss of engine rpm and the need to stop. If I disengage the mower deck the engine picks up rpm immediately. It only seems to lose rpm's when under load. If I don't stop and just keep cutting the grass it'll eventually just stall the motor but sometimes I can go a fair distance with no loss of rpm and no problems?
I did a full maintenance on it last month too to try and fix the problem but nothing worked. I put in new oil, oil filter, plugs, (gaped correctly too), checked for spark from both plugs and cables, (all good), and new gas filter and air filter.
This Briggs & Stratten motor ran perfectly last year and this problem just started the 1st month of summer after using it once for 2 hours with no issues.
Suggestions?