Help needed with log splitter problem.

[Lexcard]

Huskee 22 ton with 6.5 B&S;engine. Engine runs and starts fine when beginning to split. After a few minutes it will start to run rough and die.
Does not matter if its under load or not. Sometimes I can reduce the throttle and keep splitting eventually increasing back to full throttle. This does not always work.
If it does die if I let it sit for a couple of minutes and it will do fine after restarting, however it will do the same thing in a few minutes of operation. Its been doing this since I bought it new a year ago. Air filter is like new, as well as, the spark plug. Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

 

[Highbeam]

Fuel filter? Prehaps plugged with muck from the factory. Remove it, backwash it, let a little gas drain out of the line from the tank, resinstall. Worth a try.

Do you have a low oil shutdown on the briggs? These are either floats or pressure switches and I've had them fail.

Otherwise a heat induced shut down can be an ignition component that would result in no-spark when something gets hot. This would be much harder to fix.

 

[burntime]

All the things highbeam said and also check the gas cap that it is venting.

 

[Lexcard]

THanks for the replies I will look at these items. How do you check the gas cap for venting issues? I am not letting the engine cool at all when I let it sit a minute or two. Seems to me that heat issues would still be present for at least ten minutes after it initially dies. I

 

[taxidermist]

Check the bowl on the carb sounds like some junk floating around in there plugging the main jet. Also remove the main jet and clean with carb cleaner.

 

[Backroads]

How old is the gas also? Is it last years or fresh? Sounds like a fuel problem but definately check the engine oil to make sure it's not low either.

 

[glacialhills]

My lawn mower was doing the same thing and it was the gas cap vent that was clogged.I would let it sit for a couple minutes and it would fire right up again after enough air got back in the tank. I checked a ton of stuff before I figured that out.

 

[glacialhills]

oh to see if thats the problem I just took off the cap so that air can get in. splashes a bit so there might be a better way to check. just loosen maybe. if not dont have a full tank. after I found that was the problem I just sprayed it with cleaner and blew it out with air.

 

[burntime]

Gas cap check is highly technical, first start motor, when sputtering occurs you, ready, pay attention, loosen the cap to see if there is a vacuum, thats it you have it :lol: Sorry was out for a while. Any luck with it?

 

[CK-1]

I have the same splitter. Sounds like the gas cap is clogged..