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Originally Posted by LoveOldSteel
I thought the engine was bogging down under the load of a malfunctioning PTO. The PTO does not shut down.
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First of all, did
you tell the dealer to install a PTO, or did
they tell you you needed a PTO? If you told them to install it..... well, that's your mistake. When you take something somewhere to be repaired, it's best to let them do the diagnostics. If you tell them what to do, they will usually just do whatever you want, right or wrong.
A malfunctioning PTO will NOT pull the engine down. Not when it's engaged anyway. In the off position it may, but not when it's on.
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Originally Posted by LoveOldSteel
So not only did I vastly overpay (the PTO was 600 with labor and a couple maint repairs) I probably left them with a perfectly good PTO to add to their inventory. I will be discussing this with them. Will there be any kind of resolution? Nope.
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The resolution would depend on what your response to the above question is. If they diagnosed it and said it was fixed, you can bet your butt there would be a resolution. They didn't fix it. If you told them to do it.... yep. You're screwed.
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Originally Posted by LoveOldSteel
Pretty much indefinitly. Sometimes it has a really hard time starting tho. Its like its not getting enough spark... i get black smoke and kind of a fluttering, belching no idle situation till it sorts itself out. This doesnt happen all the time.
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Sounds like it's flooding out. Which may or may not be loss of spark. How about you test to see if it loses spark when it dies. I'd be checking the crankcase for it being overfull. You do check your oil before every use, right?