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john connell

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I've been using my 245DT for the last week loading my two ton truck with horse manure. I spend almost an hour loading the truck and its a pretty good workout for my little girl. With a lot more needing to be moved, my engine suddenly acted like it had run very low on fuel. It lost power, sputtered a bit and then gave up and died on me. The only thing that caught my attention was that the accelerator pedal no longer seems to have the return pressure that it has before this incident. I've not lost any fuel from the tank - its about half full. There is no obvious damage showing anywhere that would lead me to a conclusion and I'm not as experienced with diesel as I am gas engines. Please tell me its something easy cause I haven't got a whole lot of money or time to spend.
 
Although your failure description does not really describe an immediate failure of linkage as in something broke or unhooked you need to investigate it anyway since you claim the pedal movement feels different. It would be best if you could find a helper to check this out. Hoping you know what the injection pump is, you need to have your helper move the throttle back and forth while you watch the pump to determine if the hand throttle is moving a lever on the pump. Same goes for the pedal. If that all seems to be in order I would also suggest changing the fuel filter. That process will require bleeding the air out of the system after the replacement. The steps to do this are in the operating manual. Then we will see where this takes us.
 
Probably the pedal feels different because the engine isnt running, and has no relation to why the engine quit. Sounds to me like a blockage in the fuel system. I would start at the tank, and take off the fuel line, and see if the fuel flows freely from the tank. Then check for blockage in the fuel line
 
Does it have an electric fuel shut off solenoid? I had one fail on a JD and it wouldn't allow fuel to get to the pump.
 
I'm not as experienced with diesel as I am gas engines. Me too. That's the reason I bought a Kubota. Only dealer in town and they have been in business since 1967.
Dealer is less than 10 miles away. I trailer mine to dealer for it scheduled services.
I'm not looking forward to mine having a problem, but I can count on my dealer.

When people ask what's the best brand to buy? My reply, the best brand is the one with the best local dealer.
 

Check to be sure fuel tank is venting. Check for good fuel flow from tank to injection pump.

I owned a Kubota M4900 that engine stopped operating & local dealer service manager advised me to check for clogged screen in water seperater filter housing. Located & cleaned that screen & problem was solved.
 
In addition to the other suggestions, verify that the Stop knob (if so equipped) is fully pushed in.

Dean
 
My L285 did something similar this winter while pushing snow. I thought the fuel had jelled. At the time I couldn't get a new fuel filter as the snow was bad enough you couldn't get anywhere to get one. I cleaned out the old one with diesel and anti jell deisel treatment. Still wouldn't fire. Ended up having to take the fuel line off at the pump and take the fuel cap off. I took my air compressor, put it on the tank opening, and blew a couple shots of air into the tank. It finally started to flow down to the line to get to the pump. Can't say why it happened, but it fired right up afterwards.
 
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