Good running to bad in an instant

[Zorm]

Folks, got a 2003 BX2200. Bought the tractor used about 2 years ago. Has belly mower and LA211 front loader. I was working with it yesterday doing loader work, filling in and leveling two septic tanks. As I was smoothing out my last run for the day, I was backing up and all of a sudden, the engine started shaking violently and I had no power, then it died. I tried to restart but when it finally did, it’s was running like it was before it died. I thought maybe I ran out of diesel, so filled the tank. Tried to start again, took a few turns, then started and ran like crap again, I thought maybe it needed time but it eventually died. Moving the throttle does nothing.

Need some help here please. Bad injector?, injector pump?, crappy fuel? stopped up filter?

 

[MapleLeafFarmer]

My initial guess is crappy fuel.
Would be my first and easy to check and clean.
Alge grows in the fuel between the layer of water / fuel and when alge colony gets large enough it falls out of suspension and can start clogging stuff down stream from the tank.
I would start with a clean from head to tail replacing / cleaning filters, etc.
I never owned exact model so not sure what you have for filters and separators but what you describe seems to fall under category that we call around here the green snot of death.

 

[farmerNick]

Fuel pump... I'm on my 3rd...only 400hrs. Ridiculous.

 

[Dustyx2]

Owner of a BX22 so the TLB version of your BX2200. First thing, when you turn the switch on do you hear the fuel pump clicking? If you don't, check the 15 amp fuse behind the battery cowl. If the fuel pump in clicking, I'd next check/ replace the fuel filters. There are two of them. one under the tractor pre fuel pump, and the other is next to the loader tower if I remember correctly. While you have the line off the fuel filter, make sure you have good flow and maybe drain some in a clear jar so you can check for water, algae or other contaminants. I have 1200 hours on mine and still on the original fuel pump.

 

[Hoserman]

If it turns out to be crappy fuel it probably is water in the fuel. Don't know if your machine has a water separator or not, but that would definitely help in the future

 

[Dustyx2]

If it turns out to be crappy fuel it probably is water in the fuel. Don't know if your machine has a water separator or not, but that would definitely help in the future

No separator unless someone added one. I have a bulk tank with a separator so no water issues in my
equipment.

 

[Hoserman]

That's cool. Our 980 Cats at work had inline water and fuel filters. I was amazed at the amount of condensate water that was in the separator.

 

[BX'r]

When my bx did this it was a blockage at the tank outlet.
The fuel is drained from the filter and can't refill quick enough causing fuel starvation.
I discovered this by pulling the fuel line at the filter to check the flow and discovered the blockage.
Blew compressed air back towards the tank and cleared it.
I suspect it was ice forming from water in the bottom of the tank.
Changed my fuel additive and haven't had a problem since.
Pull the filter and check the flow of fuel.

 

[John D 2]

Fuel pump... I'm on my 3rd...only 400hrs. Ridiculous.

My JD 1025R was clogging the inline fuel filter every 20 hrs. No matter where I bought fuel, every 20hrs I would have to change the filter. What a PIA.

After the 3rd time (62 hrs) I took it down to the Kubota dealer and traded it in on a B2601.

Two years later, not one problem.

No more green for me.