Easttnlc
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First off I'd like to say, this is a great website with lots of good information.
I know a few people on here have had similar issues as I'm having but nothing narrows down my problem. Machine is a 2001 773 with the Kubota V2003T engine and I'm experiencing a loss of power and a rough idle although at higher RPMs and trying to turn a 360, the machine dies, also at high RPM and sitting everything sounds good but you hear almost like helicopter effect. Like most, the pickup tube had broke off and has since been replaced, all new air filters, fuel filter, and oil filter and machine still has this issue. I tried running the machine off a 5 gallon jug of diesel and rigged a primer bulb to let the engine run off of that and it acted the same, so hopefully that eliminated a few things. The exhaust does not smell like a diesel should, it almost smells like a charcoal grill. The only smoke it puts out is on start up and very minor under a load, probably no more than a normal operating machine. My question is, could something have been sucked up into the pump or clogged the injector since that tube broke off? Any help is greatly appreciated and if you need more info or details I'll do the best I can to describe it.
I know a few people on here have had similar issues as I'm having but nothing narrows down my problem. Machine is a 2001 773 with the Kubota V2003T engine and I'm experiencing a loss of power and a rough idle although at higher RPMs and trying to turn a 360, the machine dies, also at high RPM and sitting everything sounds good but you hear almost like helicopter effect. Like most, the pickup tube had broke off and has since been replaced, all new air filters, fuel filter, and oil filter and machine still has this issue. I tried running the machine off a 5 gallon jug of diesel and rigged a primer bulb to let the engine run off of that and it acted the same, so hopefully that eliminated a few things. The exhaust does not smell like a diesel should, it almost smells like a charcoal grill. The only smoke it puts out is on start up and very minor under a load, probably no more than a normal operating machine. My question is, could something have been sucked up into the pump or clogged the injector since that tube broke off? Any help is greatly appreciated and if you need more info or details I'll do the best I can to describe it.