[AT] lawn tractor

[Stephen Offiler]

Agree with Charlie.   Tank vent is one of the first things I thought about.

When they run fine perfectly fine for 15-20 minutes (he said "good" not
"perfectly fine" so I am making some assumptions here) it is hard to blame
something inside the carb.

That does, however, sound something like a coil overheating.  Usually, they
run fine until the coil has a chance to heat up (15-20 minutes VERY
typical) and then they start to run ragged and they usually keep getting
worse and worse until it's dead, takes only seconds or minutes.  Restarting
while hot usually doesn't happen.  Let it cool about an hour or so and
it'll fire right up like nothing ever happened.  THAT is a classic coil
problem.

SO


On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 6:42 AM, charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
wrote:

> Just a guess but I'd check the fuel filter, vent on gas tank and
> check for water or crud in the fuel.   It  could be that the
> float valve is sticking when it's time for it to open.
>
> Just some thoughts.
>
> Charlie
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: R Fink Sr
> Sent: Monday, September 22, 2014 6:13 AM
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> Subject: [AT] lawn tractor
>
>    Hi all have a question. I have a JD 216 lawn tractor have a engine
>    problem. It will run good for about 15-20 minutes then start to load up
>    like choke was puled out. Sputters a bit then runs ok then same thing
>    all over. I thought carb at first float to hi. some one worked on this
>    carb before I got it . Now I am thinking coil. All thoughts welcome.
>    R Fink
>    PA
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