I have a 997 Z Track; yeah, one of those that you heard will not keep running if you don't keep the diesel fuel treated to keep algae from growing in it. It is the plastic tank they put on these mowers. I think they are using such cheap plastics now. Never had algae to grow in a diesel fuel can before. Now John Deere has the perfect recipe to grow algae in a black plastic fuel tank. It has not been fun.
I think they are getting away from it now by mostly building gasoline engines because of the emission controls on their large diesel mower motors.
You never hear of other mowers doing this, or maybe I am not seeing it discussed. Anyway, the fuel treatment works and has not quit running until yesterday. Went dead. The fuel line wants to curl up above the level of the fuel in the tank. When the fuel dropped below the tube at 10 gallons of diesel still left, it died.
Any one have suggestions of what could be added to the bottom of that fuel line that will not desolve or contaminate the fuel and start causing another problem. I have thought of a big bolt, but not sure how I could make it stay on the end of that fuel line without sliding off.
I think they are getting away from it now by mostly building gasoline engines because of the emission controls on their large diesel mower motors.
You never hear of other mowers doing this, or maybe I am not seeing it discussed. Anyway, the fuel treatment works and has not quit running until yesterday. Went dead. The fuel line wants to curl up above the level of the fuel in the tank. When the fuel dropped below the tube at 10 gallons of diesel still left, it died.
Any one have suggestions of what could be added to the bottom of that fuel line that will not desolve or contaminate the fuel and start causing another problem. I have thought of a big bolt, but not sure how I could make it stay on the end of that fuel line without sliding off.
