Recent content by Carl.Cook

My Hustler X-One with Kawasaki FX850V is not fuel injected. I strongly feel it is a broken ring which allowed fuel to leak into the oil.

Oil level was on the full mark and still on the mark after the failure. I believe it broke a ring on one cylinder because the dipstick had the slight smell of gas. Also, I read another post from Oct 2021 when someone else had the same problem with only 6 hr on their Hustler X-One with the...

Has it been resolved, if so what was the problem? I also have a Hustler X-One with a similar problem from a Kawasaki FX850V with 2.9 hr. Mine was running fine then started running rough with noise, which I assumed was something picked up by the blades. I disengaged the PTO and tried to move it...

Started my third cut with my new X One when the engine started running rough and heavy smoke from exhaust. Inspected the engine and checked oil, all was fine. Restarted and engine would not increase on rpm past idle, which was rough and exhaust smoke. Engine started making loud noise and...

Hello, Carl here living in East Tennessee and just purchased Hustler X One, 60" deck powered by a Kawasaki FX850V.

Thanks for the reply, but just discovered it's a more serious problem. After it cooled down I restarted and tried to move it to the garage. Engine started but stilled ran rough as if on one cylinder. After about two minutes of warmup it started making a loud noise and threw part of a ring out...

New Hustler X-One with 2.9 hours started running rough, disengaged PTO but enging continued to run rough with black smoke before dying. Difficult to restart, will only idle rough with black exhaust, cannot advance throttle without dying, and mower cannot be moved without engine dying.