Remington dies

tony norton

tony norton

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I'm working on a Remington(?) model 13A277SF583 lawn tractor with a 4P90HUD 1708313A0436 MTD engine in it. The motor runs for 15 minutes and then dies. It will start right back up and then run for 5 minutes and then not until it cools right off.minutes. I thought ignition assy. but the last time it started to die I sprayed gasoline down the carb throat and it kept running. Thoughts? Valves, shut off on carb?
 
You can test it by removing the cap, and trying to suck/blow through the vent. It should open easily at 1 psi in both directions.

Several ways to fix...
  • Take compressed air and blow into the fuel cap from both directions. The flapper valve inside is simply covered with crap from the ethanol which gummed it up.
  • Drill a TINY new hole in the cap. It doesn't take much, maybe 0.010 to 0.015".
  • I've seen some caps that actually come apart so you can get at the flapper. In those cases I simply REMOVE the flapper.
 
Born2Mow said:
You can test it by removing the cap, and trying to suck/blow through the vent. It should open easily at 1 psi in both directions.

Several ways to fix...
  • Take compressed air and blow into the fuel cap from both directions. The flapper valve inside is simply covered with crap from the ethanol which gummed it up.
  • Drill a TINY new hole in the cap. It doesn't take much, maybe 0.010 to 0.015".
  • I've seen some caps that actually come apart so you can get at the flapper. In those cases I simply REMOVE the flapper.
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No vent in cap. Most likely contaminated charcoal canister or plugged rollover valve in top of tank. OP can loosen cap to see f the problem continues. Trying to use a fuel filter with too fine of mesh will cause similar issues.
 
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