Hello everyone,
Just joined the community.
So here's my situation: about a month and a half ago I started experiencing loss of power in my M7060 while running my bushog in relatively short grass. It would run for about 20-30 min and then I'd notice the pto speed start to drop to around 520, then within a few minutes would start completely bogging down to 470ish even in 1st gear. I switched out my fuel filter (which did have significant crud and water in it), and drained my water separator. Put brand new fuel in and went back out to mow. It ran great for a couple days then started doing the same thing about 30 min into mowing. At this point I looked down and could see air at the top of the water separator, so I hopped off and bled the air out using the bleed screw on the separator and then the fuel filter. Again ran fine until about 20 min into mowing.
Just today I discovered that there must be air coming into the system, because when I bleed the air out (with the key turned halfway to run the pump) I can see it leave the water separator and then when I close the bleed screw on the top of the fuel filter I hear bubbling and can see air coming back in.
I know I could've done a better job when it comes to switching out my fuel filter sooner, but what I'm wondering is if anyone knows of what places to check for a leak in the engine area. I think I hear the bubbling sound coming from around the fuel cooler?? Is there a gasket or something like that which could've failed when the pump was working harder to pull fuel? I Haven't found any fuel on the ground when I park it.
I've tried everything I can think of without pulling the engine apart and getting to look at the injectors and such. Any advice would be much appreciated!!
Thanks!
Just joined the community.
So here's my situation: about a month and a half ago I started experiencing loss of power in my M7060 while running my bushog in relatively short grass. It would run for about 20-30 min and then I'd notice the pto speed start to drop to around 520, then within a few minutes would start completely bogging down to 470ish even in 1st gear. I switched out my fuel filter (which did have significant crud and water in it), and drained my water separator. Put brand new fuel in and went back out to mow. It ran great for a couple days then started doing the same thing about 30 min into mowing. At this point I looked down and could see air at the top of the water separator, so I hopped off and bled the air out using the bleed screw on the separator and then the fuel filter. Again ran fine until about 20 min into mowing.
Just today I discovered that there must be air coming into the system, because when I bleed the air out (with the key turned halfway to run the pump) I can see it leave the water separator and then when I close the bleed screw on the top of the fuel filter I hear bubbling and can see air coming back in.
I know I could've done a better job when it comes to switching out my fuel filter sooner, but what I'm wondering is if anyone knows of what places to check for a leak in the engine area. I think I hear the bubbling sound coming from around the fuel cooler?? Is there a gasket or something like that which could've failed when the pump was working harder to pull fuel? I Haven't found any fuel on the ground when I park it.
I've tried everything I can think of without pulling the engine apart and getting to look at the injectors and such. Any advice would be much appreciated!!
Thanks!
