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I have an old Yazoo Kees Zero Turn Mower with a Kawasaki engine. I've had it for 15 years or so and I think it was a few years old when I bought it. It has done everything I have needed and I have never had any issues with it. Currently has just under 800 hours on it.
Recently, it has lost power after running for 20-30min. It still runs but not well enough to actually cut grass. The last 2 times using it, it seems to be fine until shutting it down and starting it up again. I just cut the front yard and everything was fine. I turned it off to start a chimney of charcoal for tonights dinner an 5 min later, it's running like crap.
Last weekend after having issues I did my regular yearly maintenance of changing the oil and filter, changing the fuel filter, sharpening blades and also replaced the plugs, fuel pump and air filter. I still have issues.
Any ideas on what is going on? To me it seems heat related as it will crank and run fine after cooling off. I've run ethanol free gas through it for the last 5 or more years.
Recently, it has lost power after running for 20-30min. It still runs but not well enough to actually cut grass. The last 2 times using it, it seems to be fine until shutting it down and starting it up again. I just cut the front yard and everything was fine. I turned it off to start a chimney of charcoal for tonights dinner an 5 min later, it's running like crap.
Last weekend after having issues I did my regular yearly maintenance of changing the oil and filter, changing the fuel filter, sharpening blades and also replaced the plugs, fuel pump and air filter. I still have issues.
Any ideas on what is going on? To me it seems heat related as it will crank and run fine after cooling off. I've run ethanol free gas through it for the last 5 or more years.