Jasonsosbe
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Hello,
I'm a new user and I am in search of any help I can get. I have a year 2000 model turf tiger with the Kawasaki 22hp liquid cooled engine. 61" cut. The issue I'm having is after about 10 or 15 minutes of mowing the engine spits and sputters then dies... sometimes I can keep it running by idling down and killing the blades... sometimes no such luck. This has been going on for a year or so. All last summer, if I could get through the spitting and sputtering it would run flawlessly as long as I ran it. Now, this year, that's not the case. And its become very apparent the issue is not going to go away...in fact its gotten worse. Now when it dies, it won't start back up. If I let it sit for 10 minutes or so (or just fidget with it and keep trying to start it) it will start back up and purr like a kitten for another 5 minutes or so and starts sputtering again... and then run fine the rest of the day. My first thought was fuel.. just replaced the filter at the end of last summer. Second thought was fire... it appears that I have spark... but going to pick up an inline spark tester and check that for sure at the exact time all of this is happening. And tied to that thought are the coils... Considering it is 20 years old, its probably time for some parts I guess. And my last guess would be the ignition switch. I hear those can be a common issue. I recently read about the fuel tank being vapor locked being a common issue so I'm anxious to pop the fuel cap the next time it does it and see what happens...although I'm doubtful. I've noticed you guys usually need a model and serial number off the engine to help, so when I get home I'll get those posted up here.
Thanks ahead of time for any help and advice!
Jason
I'm a new user and I am in search of any help I can get. I have a year 2000 model turf tiger with the Kawasaki 22hp liquid cooled engine. 61" cut. The issue I'm having is after about 10 or 15 minutes of mowing the engine spits and sputters then dies... sometimes I can keep it running by idling down and killing the blades... sometimes no such luck. This has been going on for a year or so. All last summer, if I could get through the spitting and sputtering it would run flawlessly as long as I ran it. Now, this year, that's not the case. And its become very apparent the issue is not going to go away...in fact its gotten worse. Now when it dies, it won't start back up. If I let it sit for 10 minutes or so (or just fidget with it and keep trying to start it) it will start back up and purr like a kitten for another 5 minutes or so and starts sputtering again... and then run fine the rest of the day. My first thought was fuel.. just replaced the filter at the end of last summer. Second thought was fire... it appears that I have spark... but going to pick up an inline spark tester and check that for sure at the exact time all of this is happening. And tied to that thought are the coils... Considering it is 20 years old, its probably time for some parts I guess. And my last guess would be the ignition switch. I hear those can be a common issue. I recently read about the fuel tank being vapor locked being a common issue so I'm anxious to pop the fuel cap the next time it does it and see what happens...although I'm doubtful. I've noticed you guys usually need a model and serial number off the engine to help, so when I get home I'll get those posted up here.
Thanks ahead of time for any help and advice!
Jason