{"id":107,"date":"2021-04-18T18:16:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-18T18:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.astill.org\/wp\/?p=107"},"modified":"2023-10-08T01:03:19","modified_gmt":"2023-10-08T01:03:19","slug":"john-deere-z355r-sputtering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.astill.org\/wp\/?p=107","title":{"rendered":"John Deere Z355R Sputtering"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Start of a new season and time to service the lawn mower. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.deere.com\/en\/parts-and-service\/zero-turn-mowers\/residential-eztrak\/z355r\/\">https:\/\/www.deere.com\/en\/parts-and-service\/zero-turn-mowers\/residential-eztrak\/z355r\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The annual service kit comes with Oil, Oil Filter, Fuel Filter and Spark Plugs. <br>Replacing the oil and stale fuel and the engine should run smoothly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year, no such luck. The mower will start and will run on idle, but at full throttle the engine dies. A lot like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Oh no.....We have our first issue with the John Deere 0 turn mower Z355R Intek m44\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-f35BUm_Nr4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Google searches show lots of owners stripping down the carb and cleaning out the jets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The mower has 88 hours on it so a quick inspection shows that the fuel pump vacuum hose has some cracking. These are $7 items, so before stripping the carb down lets try replacing the hose:<br><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-amazon\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Briggs and Stratton 596163 Vacuum Hose, 3 inch, Black\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen style=\"max-width:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/read.amazon.com\/kp\/card?preview=inline&#038;linkCode=kpd&#038;ref_=k4w_oembed_VIPgMehPhddGcn&#038;asin=B0741KXGJ2&#038;tag=kpembed-20\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Even though the tube had cracks, they were external only and did not affect the vaccum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"947\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.astill.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_5946-947x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-112\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.astill.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_5946-947x1024.jpg 947w, http:\/\/www.astill.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_5946-278x300.jpg 278w, http:\/\/www.astill.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_5946-768x830.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.astill.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_5946.jpg 1535w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 947px) 100vw, 947px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Fuel was exiting the fuel pump, but not sure it was as powerful as it should be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"HOW TO TEST a Riding Lawnmower FUEL PUMP. The EASY WAY!\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Nwd9ESmV9qA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Engine: M44 Intek<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After removing casing and checking the fuel pump taking fuel from a jar instead of the gas tank, the same fuel flow was observed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Blew threw the fuel line from the gas tank to ensure no obstructions, removed engine cover to expose carb for removal and cleaning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A dead battery delayed more testing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After charging the battery, ran the engine, and was not able to recreate the initial problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Z355r Engine running diagnosis\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MLTF5njxG-Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether this is luck, the long term effect of the carb cleaner or there was a blockage in the fuel line, time will hopefully tell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Time to add some Sea Foam just in case:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-sea-foam\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"cWTZx6jSUS\"><a href=\"https:\/\/seafoamworks.com\/knowledge-base\/how-to-use-sea-foam-in-fuel\/\">How to use Sea Foam in fuel<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;How to use Sea Foam in fuel&#8221; &#8212; Sea Foam\" src=\"https:\/\/seafoamworks.com\/knowledge-base\/how-to-use-sea-foam-in-fuel\/embed\/#?secret=t9HQAN67RU#?secret=cWTZx6jSUS\" data-secret=\"cWTZx6jSUS\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Start of a new season and time to service the lawn mower. https:\/\/www.deere.com\/en\/parts-and-service\/zero-turn-mowers\/residential-eztrak\/z355r\/ The annual service kit comes with Oil,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":112,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.astill.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.astill.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.astill.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.astill.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.astill.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=107"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.astill.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":310,"href":"http:\/\/www.astill.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107\/revisions\/310"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.astill.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.astill.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.astill.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.astill.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}