I have a BX23S and it exhibits some fuel problems occasionally.
Last year, I was plowing the snow from our driveway and everything was 100% for a while. Then, it started what I can only describe as an out-of-fuel condition - the engine started missing and the rpm would drop, then recover and drop again until the engine finally quit. There was lots of fuel on board so I thought that my lift pump had failed. I replaced the pump and everything went back to normal so I thought I had nailed the culprit.
This year, I had two incidents. In the first one, the symptoms were exactly the same as last year. But, it was colder than normal so I thought I may have a fuel jelling issue. I added some anti-jell to the fuel and everything went back to normal and I was able to finish plowing the driveway. That was a few weeks ago. Yesterday, I was back plowing again and the same thing happened with exactly the same symptoms. But, I was running treated fuel so jelling should not have been an issue. The tractor was now blocking the driveway and I wasn't sure what the problem was. So, I decided it was time for a coffee. After I had my coffee and played on the internet for a bit, I went back out primarily to see if I could figure out how to get the tractor out of the driveway without power. Just for the halibut, I decided to try to start it. It fired up right away and I was able to finish plowing the driveway.
So, what is the problem here? I can't see it being jelled fuel because I was running treated fuel and, after it quit, I didn't do anything to it. I just let it sit for about an hour and it self rectified the issue. Why would jelled fuel un-jell itself? If this isn't a jelled fuel issue, what else could it be?
TIA
Last year, I was plowing the snow from our driveway and everything was 100% for a while. Then, it started what I can only describe as an out-of-fuel condition - the engine started missing and the rpm would drop, then recover and drop again until the engine finally quit. There was lots of fuel on board so I thought that my lift pump had failed. I replaced the pump and everything went back to normal so I thought I had nailed the culprit.
This year, I had two incidents. In the first one, the symptoms were exactly the same as last year. But, it was colder than normal so I thought I may have a fuel jelling issue. I added some anti-jell to the fuel and everything went back to normal and I was able to finish plowing the driveway. That was a few weeks ago. Yesterday, I was back plowing again and the same thing happened with exactly the same symptoms. But, I was running treated fuel so jelling should not have been an issue. The tractor was now blocking the driveway and I wasn't sure what the problem was. So, I decided it was time for a coffee. After I had my coffee and played on the internet for a bit, I went back out primarily to see if I could figure out how to get the tractor out of the driveway without power. Just for the halibut, I decided to try to start it. It fired up right away and I was able to finish plowing the driveway.
So, what is the problem here? I can't see it being jelled fuel because I was running treated fuel and, after it quit, I didn't do anything to it. I just let it sit for about an hour and it self rectified the issue. Why would jelled fuel un-jell itself? If this isn't a jelled fuel issue, what else could it be?
TIA
