John Deere 445 quits running when hot

mountaineer233

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My 2000 JD445 shuts off after about an hour of mowing. It has about 600 hrs on it and has never had any major issues. Once it cools down, it will crank right back up. And then again when it gets good and hot, it'll shut off again. There are no caution lights or anything associated with this issue. Antifreeze and all coolant components checkout. Any idea from anybody out there?
 

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My 2000 JD445 shuts off after about an hour of mowing. It has about 600 hrs on it and has never had any major issues. Once it cools down, it will crank right back up. And then again when it gets good and hot, it'll shut off again. There are no caution lights or anything associated with this issue. Antifreeze and all coolant components checkout. Any idea from anybody out there?

You must determine if when it shuts down if you are losing fuel or losing fire.

There are lots of posts here about this type problem.

Could be clogged gas cap...causing vacuum in the tank and block fuel.

It does not take 60 minutes for a mower to get hot.

Does it have a fuel filter you can see the fuel in?

you might need an in-line spark plug tester to see if it is still sparking.
You can spray starter fluid in carb when it dies and see if it starts with that...then, fuel related.

This is what I call an intermittent problem...they can be hard to track down.
 

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You must determine if when it shuts down if you are losing fuel or losing fire.

There are lots of posts here about this type problem.

Could be clogged gas cap...causing vacuum in the tank and block fuel.

It does not take 60 minutes for a mower to get hot.

Does it have a fuel filter you can see the fuel in?

you might need an in-line spark plug tester to see if it is still sparking.
You can spray starter fluid in carb when it dies and see if it starts with that...then, fuel related.

This is what I call an intermittent problem...they can be hard to track down.

Please disregard the above post.
Shifter obviously is unaware that this is a rebadged Yanmar sub-compact tractor fitted with a 3 cylinder Yanmar diesel engine.
Two things come to mind if it stops with no warning lights, provided they all light up when starting so the globes are not blown.
1) injector failures
2) lift pump failure

When cold crack the return line crank the engine and look at the fuel spewing out.
When it stops do the same.
If the lift pump is failing or the filter inside the tank is clogging there will be substantially less fuel spewing out when hot.

Do the same with all 3 injectors .
If the flow when hot is less than when cold, suspect the pump.
When was the last time the filters were changed and in particular the water drained from the filter ?
I would be inclined to drain the tank completely , rinse out, let dry then refill with known good quality fuel.
Diesel can go off real quick in hot humid weather and some will grow a fungus that looks like brownish-white jelly that clogs up everything.
 

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Please disregard the above post.
Shifter obviously is unaware that this is a rebadged Yanmar sub-compact tractor fitted with a 3 cylinder Yanmar diesel engine.
Two things come to mind if it stops with no warning lights, provided they all light up when starting so the globes are not blown.
1) injector failures
2) lift pump failure

When cold crack the return line crank the engine and look at the fuel spewing out.
When it stops do the same.
If the lift pump is failing or the filter inside the tank is clogging there will be substantially less fuel spewing out when hot.

Do the same with all 3 injectors .
If the flow when hot is less than when cold, suspect the pump.
When was the last time the filters were changed and in particular the water drained from the filter ?
I would be inclined to drain the tank completely , rinse out, let dry then refill with known good quality fuel.
Diesel can go off real quick in hot humid weather and some will grow a fungus that looks like brownish-white jelly that clogs up everything.

thanks, Bert

I did not know it was a diesel.
 

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Would be good if you go back in and delete your original post then I will modify mine.
Saves a lot of confusion
If you are not sure of a model you can always check it on Tractordata.com.
 

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:welcome: Welcome to the forum!

I'm going to move this thread over to our John Deere section.
 

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My JD 445 has a 22hp Liquid Cool V-Twin Kawasaki Electronic Fuel Injection gasoline engine. In April I had it turned up with a new fuel filter, oil etc. It ran like a champ until recently.
 

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In which case I got it wrong.
Got it confused with the 455 so will fall on the sword & delete my posts.
Too late for that so ignore my posts & follow up on Shifters.
 
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