d110 John Deere riding mower

jim buford · Sep 9, 2017

I have a JD D110 riding mower that is about 6 years old I bought from Lowe's. It will run at idle fine but once I put a load on it after about 10-15 minutes it will sputter and die. It might restart but will then die again.
I have put a new carb on it, a new coil, new plug, new fuel pump, new fuel filter and it still does the same thing. I even took to small engine repair shop 3 times and they can't correct the problem.
Does anyone have a suggestion?

Thanks

Donald in MN · Sep 9, 2017

my dads d130 did the same thing about 2 weeks ago i took the fuel line off at the pump and put blew out the fuel tank .has worked fine ever since. you may have a plugged tank vent. also those engines have a low oil sensor so check the oil and if these suggestions dont work you may have a bad low oil sensor

jim buford · Sep 9, 2017

If it was clogged wouldn't it do it all the time and not after 10-15 minutes of use. You drained the tank and then blew it out? Can you describe what you did in a little more detail?
Thank you so much

keh · Sep 9, 2017

I had similar problems on a couple of tractors, one gas, one diesel. Blew the line out, being careful to loosen the fuel tank cap so too much pressure won't damage the tank. The reason it will start after a few minutes of not running, or trying to start it, is that the blockage is not complete and enough fuel leaks by the start it. Overnight enough fuel leaks by for it to run a few minutes.

KEH

Russ from MN · Sep 9, 2017

That wasn't much of a small engine repair shop! I hope you didn't pay them!

Billy Shafer · Sep 9, 2017

I would also check the intake manifold for leaks. I had an Onan that ran fine until it warmed up. Then it would go crazy.Found a bad intake gasket.

jim buford · Sep 9, 2017

I did some of work but did pay them as appeared to work fine while there but not under load.

jim buford · Sep 9, 2017

I had been using gas with ethanol but have now switched over to non-ethanol. I think I will just replace the fuel lines and see if that clears it up. I have heard ethanol can cause lines to collapse.
Thanks much for your replies.

T.R.K. · Sep 9, 2017

Has anyone checked the fuel cap? (Or the evap system if its a newer model?) Your description makes it sound like it is starving for fuel when it dies.

That model also has a fuel pump that may be failing to provide enough fuel under load.

Has anyone checked to see if it loses spark when it dies?

jim buford · Sep 9, 2017

I checked the fuel cap and replaced the fuel pump but they were not the issue. Thanks

Texasmark1 · Sep 10, 2017

I have an L110 that has the tank under the seat. One day I was looking at it and something looked out of place. My fuel cap has a very small hole in the top center. Never paid it any attention. Seems it got clogged and just what the other guys are talking about happened. When I saw it it had sucked the fuel tank into a partial wad. I blew the tank back to normal and checked the little hole in the cap. Sure nuf, clogged. Ran a drill through it, cleaning it out and haven't had any more collapsed tanks. Really surprised that the tank crushed before the engine quit running.

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