Hello All. New to the forum here and have a need for some expert advice. I trust I'm in the right place.
I have an L3560 I bought here a few years ago. Had 88 hours when I bought it, and now has 149 approx. No issues until now.
So here is the deal. this has been happening for the last 4 times I have used it, which is much more lately given the recent lock-down and my time spent at home. It runs good for about 2 hours, doing loader and box work on level ground. Then out of now where it will "de-rate" the power, reduce RPM to about 1200, then back up to the 1700 I have the throttle control set at. This happens about every 8-10 seconds. It doesn't seem to miss fire, it just seems to de-rate the power, then back up. This repeats until shut down. As this progresses it can get worse by dropping further down in RPM. When under load it seems be more frequent.
Being that I have been using this on the weekends, it has the week to set and not run. So it does not do this right away, it takes 2 hours as mentioned. It also takes a long time to start now. Numerous attempts at cranking before it starts. I will tell you that it is tougher to start when it is warmed up.
At my dealers recommendation, I have done the following last week on Saturday:
- Checked the fuel/water separator. Been doing that all along, but removed screen, was clean like brand new.
- I removed a fuel line off of the fuel pump to ensure when ignition is on it delivers fuel, it does.
- Replaced the main fuel filter.
- bleed the fuel system, done.
I attempted to start it up, took a few attempts, but did start.
I let it run at 1700 RPM for 20 minutes, then throttled down and shut it down. It started right up. I though all was well with the world. It ran great for two hours and then same crap all over again.
- I cracked the fuel cap to see if it was a vacuum issue, but it didn't make a difference.
-- It was at 1/2 tank, so I fulled it up, made no difference.
Parked it and swore at it, walked away.
Tried to start it Sunday AM, took a bit but it ran. Bleed the fuel system again and it ran good for 2 hours, then the issue came back.
Called the dealer and they don't know what to say now and I'd really like to take care of this while its here instead of bringing it to them and all that hassle that goes along with it.
Any ideas, suggestions or insight is appreciated and thanks in advanced for that.
I have an L3560 I bought here a few years ago. Had 88 hours when I bought it, and now has 149 approx. No issues until now.
So here is the deal. this has been happening for the last 4 times I have used it, which is much more lately given the recent lock-down and my time spent at home. It runs good for about 2 hours, doing loader and box work on level ground. Then out of now where it will "de-rate" the power, reduce RPM to about 1200, then back up to the 1700 I have the throttle control set at. This happens about every 8-10 seconds. It doesn't seem to miss fire, it just seems to de-rate the power, then back up. This repeats until shut down. As this progresses it can get worse by dropping further down in RPM. When under load it seems be more frequent.
Being that I have been using this on the weekends, it has the week to set and not run. So it does not do this right away, it takes 2 hours as mentioned. It also takes a long time to start now. Numerous attempts at cranking before it starts. I will tell you that it is tougher to start when it is warmed up.
At my dealers recommendation, I have done the following last week on Saturday:
- Checked the fuel/water separator. Been doing that all along, but removed screen, was clean like brand new.
- I removed a fuel line off of the fuel pump to ensure when ignition is on it delivers fuel, it does.
- Replaced the main fuel filter.
- bleed the fuel system, done.
I attempted to start it up, took a few attempts, but did start.
I let it run at 1700 RPM for 20 minutes, then throttled down and shut it down. It started right up. I though all was well with the world. It ran great for two hours and then same crap all over again.
- I cracked the fuel cap to see if it was a vacuum issue, but it didn't make a difference.
-- It was at 1/2 tank, so I fulled it up, made no difference.
Parked it and swore at it, walked away.
Tried to start it Sunday AM, took a bit but it ran. Bleed the fuel system again and it ran good for 2 hours, then the issue came back.
Called the dealer and they don't know what to say now and I'd really like to take care of this while its here instead of bringing it to them and all that hassle that goes along with it.
Any ideas, suggestions or insight is appreciated and thanks in advanced for that.
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