I have an Exmark Metro with the Kawasaki FB460V engine. I have had it for several years and it has given me relatively little trouble - until now.
I was planning to do a final Fall cleanup last week. I had a difficult time staring the engine (I lost count of how many times I had to pull the cord). It finally did start and I let it run for a minute or so.
Once it sounded okay, I engaged the blades. At that point, the engine died. I restarted it and let it run a while longer before I tried to engage the blades. It made no difference - the engine died as soon as I engaged the blades. I repeated this one more time and then gave up.
Any advice on identifying and correcting this problem would be appreciated. Thanks.
(I already posted this in the Exmark forum, but wanted to post in the general forum as well)
I was planning to do a final Fall cleanup last week. I had a difficult time staring the engine (I lost count of how many times I had to pull the cord). It finally did start and I let it run for a minute or so.
Once it sounded okay, I engaged the blades. At that point, the engine died. I restarted it and let it run a while longer before I tried to engage the blades. It made no difference - the engine died as soon as I engaged the blades. I repeated this one more time and then gave up.
Any advice on identifying and correcting this problem would be appreciated. Thanks.
(I already posted this in the Exmark forum, but wanted to post in the general forum as well)