[tpelle]

Hope for some help for this problem. I have an LTX1042 that has started having an issue. I start it up, runs fine. But after just a few minutes the engine begins to bog down, then quits.

It started doing this last summer, but then you could just start up again and it would run for the rest of the mowing - about an hour.

This season, once it bogs and stalls it's done for the day.

I've installed a new plug and a new battery, and all of the safety "features" seem to work OK. At least I can cause them to stop the engine when they're supposed to. I swear, they put more safety switches which cut the engine off that they seem to forget that the purpose of the machine is to run, not shut off.

I surely don't want to take it back to my local certified dealer - they wanted to charge me $45.00 for a quart of "special" motor oil!

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance.