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My John Deere , ( a 2010 w / only 126 hours of mowing & snow blowing ) quit 3 times during the last mowing, Fuel filter was empty all 3 times . After a more careful inspection , found out there was about 7 1/2 feet of fuel line , including fuel filter , from the engine - top - mounted fuel pump...

But yet this 10 year old one has been having intermittent fuel delivery problems for over half it's life so far , thus making it not fine ; I'll go with a more common motorcycle setup which I know works , since 1971 .

On mine it , the filter clearly gets empty so the fuel pump is sucking air only , which it is too weak to pull gas all the way from the tank when it has lost the fluid prime . If I add gas just above the filter , ( to fill it up again , with a gas line "T" & a cap ) that primes the pump for a...

I just looked for a ECM up by the hour meter - was not there or anywhere I could look , maybe mine being 2010 is a difference . I do see fuel line coming out the top of the tank instead of the bottom , I am going to create a bottom feed , like a motorcycle or simple lawnmower , that will be...

Wasn't "hy-jacking " this thread since I am messing around with the fuel system like the guy in the first post did ! also with the same issue , a J D X324 just suddenly dying . I might find mine has the little black box problem too , who knows ? I'm just relaying what I discovered , so far...

I also have a X324 , 2010 yr. . mine also dies seemingly for no reason , but early on I noticed the fuel filter having gotten empty some how & like the fuel pump had lost it's prime & was only sucking air . I replaced the pump with a better quality one ( metal , re - buildable ) & repositioned...