I have a John Deere 465Z that will turn over and runs for about 5-10 seconds then dies. I have put in brand new fuel, replaced fuel filter, replaced fuel pump, new spark plugs. a new air filter has not yet been delivered, but I thoroughly blew out the current one with my compressor. It has the Kawasaki engine. I was able to get it to run poorly the other day with the choke ON so I could move it. Not even able to do that today with all new stuff I just did. It seems like the engine is not getting fuel. Any guesses as to what is going on?
Sounds like the first thing you should have done was to remove the carb and clean it
Full cleaning instructions can be found here http://outdoorpowerinfo.com/repairs/