Predator 360 issues

[Thesnarlingbadger]

Hi all.

 

I have a 360 stump grinder with a GX 390 Honda engine.

 

I’ve been having issues with it for the past year on and off. Lister wilder did a service on it about 2 months ago and it’s had a lack of power which wasn’t fully resolved in the service.

 

Now it is playing proper funny buggers and starts up but as soon as it starts cutting it cuts out. It still doesn’t have full power like it used to but that’s not the end of the world but I need it to do the job it’s designed for.

 

I can’t seem to find a service department number for them anymore and the old number I had for them just goes to an in recognised number (probably my fault that).

 

Any help on what might be causing this issue would be appreciated.

 

Thanks guys

[PeteB]

Predator are sold by Ben Burgess at Norwich now. I presume you done all the usual stuff, tank off/flushed/cleaned, fuel lines blown through, filters checked and replaced etc?

[Will C]

Check the spring on the throttle and guvnor arms I’ve seen them fail on the Honda engines causing low power and hunting/rev problems.

[Dan Maynard]

And check the oil, low level cuts out which might happen you dip it to the stump?

[Thesnarlingbadger]

Thanks guys. I did check the oil which is fine (if anything a little high). The lines have been checked and the tank has been taken off and flushed out. I’m assuming that all the filters were done 2 months back when it was serviced. But they may have thought sod the fuel filter as it’s a pain in the arse to get to.
I brought mine from Ben Burgess 2/3 years ago. Do they have service engineers working for them? I may be able to pick brains.

It does act even worse if it’s on an angle (which is all the time). If you start it on flat ground it will run ok bus as soon as you tilt it of cuts out.I’m wondering weather it may be the oil sensor?

Thanks again

[allseasons]

They have guys at all there depots that will probably be able to help had an issue with my brand new 460 and predator were useless but went back to Ben Burgess they helped over the phone then when that didn’t solve it had it in and fixed ASAP excellent service. 

[Thesnarlingbadger]

Nice I will give them a call if I can get it sorted this weekend. I have managed to get it working just by emptying, cleaning and resetting the fuel tank. But it doesn’t work if the machine is leaning even slightly to the left which make me think the fuel isn’t getting to the carb or the oil sensor is a little dodgy. Either way I managed to get a job done today with it so not the end of the world.