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09-15-2011, 09:26 PM
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GT3235 wont stay running. need help asap
Hello all, I'm new to the forums and new to owning a CC. When it runs, I absolutely love it. It's a '05 GT3235 w/a Kohler Command 25hp twin cylinder. I am at my wits end with this mower. I bout it to mow 3 of my neighbors yards, I have used it 4 times, and now it won't run longer than 5 sec. It has cost me more $ than i have made with it. I will try and explain best I can all I have done as far as troubleshooting. Carb has been cleaned twice, new fuel filter and plugs, fuel pump works. Venting the gas cap didn't help. I checked the fuel silenoid attached to the carb, I hook my test light to pos. Side of batt and it activates freely, swap to neg post and check the wire that feeds the fuel silenoid, its getting power in the start position. it will run as long as the choke is wide open, but if you go to 3/4 choke, it dies, while running with the choke on, engage blades, and it dies. I can start it with the choke off, it will run with my hand cupped over the carb, remove my hand, it dies.
I noticed there was some fuel on the intake just below the carb, would a bad gasket cause the issue? I have had 2 CC dealers tell me 2 different "guaranteed" fixes. one dealer swears the fuel silenoid is bad. the other tells me 1 of the 2 diodes that actuate the fuel silenoid is bad (was told that I have to remove the motor to replace the engine harness to replace the diodes, $30 part & $200 labor). they also told me #1 diode feeds power to the fuel silenoid to start the engine, once running, the diodes swap and #2 feeds power to keep it running till the key is switched off. can I temporarily hook 12V from batt to the fuel silenoid to see if it will run w/o the choke? guys I am about to crush this mower if I fool with it much longer. any ideas or tests I might have missed? 
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