Hello, I have a 2012 silver eagle 2750 with a Generac 27 hp engine. I am having an issue with it running well. I am not sure where to post the question as to how to try and figure things out while it is winter here in Michigan. I will tell what the issue is, if there is a better place to post this, please let me know and I will post it there. My reason for posting is that my local dealer cannot seem to figure it out, so I thought since I do not need it for about 4 months, I will try to fix myself.
Issue= When cold, starts fine, but has to warm up for about 5 minutes before trying to mow. If I try to engage blades and hit grass, it will bog and die. Once it is warm, I can mow ok, if I stop, and try to lower throttle, it will slowly spit and sputter and die. Once it dies, it takes a lot to start again, meaning feathering throttle and cranking a lot and sometimes will start again. During the process of starting, it will blow smoke out of exhaust and will take some serious feathering to get it started. Once started it will run ok as long as the throttle is nearly set to max. Sometimes I have to leave it sit and let it cool down before I can start it again. But if I idle it down again, it will die. When this started happening, I replaced the fuel filter and also the fuel pump. Nothing changed. I also noticed that the fuel filter did not seem to be flowing very well (it is clear so I can see), also the filter never sees much fuel, maybe a quarter full of fuel at any time. I thought I figured it out, and the caps were not venting, but even running with caps loose, it did not seem to help. At one point previously, my floats were sticking, and it kind of ran this way. I fixed that, finding there was some crud that got in there. It does not seem like the floats are sticking now, just acting similar. Now I have some time before mowing season is here, and would appreciate any tips that you all may have to resolve the issue.
Issue= When cold, starts fine, but has to warm up for about 5 minutes before trying to mow. If I try to engage blades and hit grass, it will bog and die. Once it is warm, I can mow ok, if I stop, and try to lower throttle, it will slowly spit and sputter and die. Once it dies, it takes a lot to start again, meaning feathering throttle and cranking a lot and sometimes will start again. During the process of starting, it will blow smoke out of exhaust and will take some serious feathering to get it started. Once started it will run ok as long as the throttle is nearly set to max. Sometimes I have to leave it sit and let it cool down before I can start it again. But if I idle it down again, it will die. When this started happening, I replaced the fuel filter and also the fuel pump. Nothing changed. I also noticed that the fuel filter did not seem to be flowing very well (it is clear so I can see), also the filter never sees much fuel, maybe a quarter full of fuel at any time. I thought I figured it out, and the caps were not venting, but even running with caps loose, it did not seem to help. At one point previously, my floats were sticking, and it kind of ran this way. I fixed that, finding there was some crud that got in there. It does not seem like the floats are sticking now, just acting similar. Now I have some time before mowing season is here, and would appreciate any tips that you all may have to resolve the issue.
