Rick1527
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I have a 289D Cat skid steer serial # TAW02471, it has the C3.3B engine in it serial # 8ES2277. Machine has around 2800 hours on it. My oldest son had been running it for about an hour the other day. While moving a small pile of brush, the engine's rpm increased , he lost all controls (Hydraulics, movement) , engine exhaust was shooting white/blue smoke out tree top high. A 190-0 Engine speed High - Most Severe (3) came up on display. The engine stayed like this for about 1 minute , (even after the key switch was cut off), then the engine shut down. About 3 hours later , i was able to check the machine, it had no noticeable problems that i could see. Water in radiator was fine, oil looked ok level, and no signs of water in oil. Nothing leaking out of engine, everything looked normal. We tried to start the engine , it would crank, but not start running. I did notice that i did not hear the fuel pump coming on . So i got a heavy equipment guy to come and look at it / connect computer to it, he determined the fuel pump was bad. He replaced the pump , now you can hear the pump running , and even after using the key switch in the on position to bleed fuel system, the engine will crank but still want run. I have 3 questions . #1 = If while my son was running the skid steer, and the electric fuel pump went out, could it have caused the sudden rpm increase, and the smoking? #2=With a engine over speed fault 190-0 level 3 , does this require a cat service person to reset the computer before the engine will run? #3 = What are the odds of having a bad electric fuel pump, and a bad speed sensor at the same time? Thanks