Go Bottomgator will run for 10 seconds and stops
 | magnum69
Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 1 ohio 
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2007-05-22 142311
I have a 4 x 6 gator. I have never had any problems with it. it is a 97 model. It sat all winter, and when I tried to start this spring, it will run for 10 seconds and stops. If you try to start again right away, it just turns over. If you wait for 15 seconds it starts and runs again for 10 seconds.
I checked the fuel line and the pump, and they seem to be alright. added new gas, but the same result. any ideas?
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 | harvey
Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 1550 Moravia, NY 
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2007-05-22 142314
Does it have a low oil sensor? Low oil? Sensor broken? Fuel valve turned partially off? ....
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 | kwschumm
Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 5764 NW Oregon 
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2007-05-22 142320
Plugged fuel filter? Dirty fuel in the tank plugging fuel inlet? ....
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 | greg_g
Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 1816 Western Kentucky
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2007-05-22 142321
I assume this is a gasoline engine, and that you ran Stabil through it before putting it up for the winter. My generator did the same thing after sitting idle one winter. Ran fine when I winterized it, but did the same thing as your Gator the following spring. Somehow the low oil pressure interlock switch went bad over winter. New switch fixed'er right up.
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 | kthompson
Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 5275 South Carolina
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2007-05-22 142322
Our gas gator does the same each spring. I thought at first it was the gas going bad but I think it is condensation in the fuel. Either way, keeping the choke partly pulled kept my running until it cleared up, which was not in just a few minutes. It does not seem to matter if the gas tank is left full or fuel stabilizer added or not. You can tell with our's it is in the fuel the way it dies. kt ....
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| randywatson
Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 109 texas
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2007-05-22 142324
possible carb gaskets dried out, allows enough fuel to start, but not enough to run, or broken fuel line ....
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 | earthwrks
Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 3853 Home Office in Flat Rock, Michigan
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2007-05-24 142440
The first thing I look for when I feel reduced power is a plugged fuel cap vent (due to insects, dirt or debris). If the tank can't breathe it creates a vacuum and won't let fuel flow. ....
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