443life
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- Feb 22, 2015
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hello everyone, looking to get some help/suggestions from anyone who has some experience with this model.. its a 443 powered by a kubota d750, a few days ago it started blowing a bit of blue smoke, nothing major so i didnt think much of it as its an old machine. then it just lost power and died all of a sudden. i can start it on idle after ive primed the fuel but once i turn it to WOT and try to operate it it will die again , either under load or while its in WOT for a few minutes. at first i thought it may be a scored piston ring because of the blue smoke, if i prime it sometimes i can turn it to WOT and itll run but once its under load itll die again so im kind of stumped as to wether or not it may be a fuel delivery problem or something more major. iv'e drained the tank and put fresh diesel in it to possibly eliminate contaminants in the fuel, i changed the air filter, checked all the fuel lines but havent changed the fuel filter yet as i am waiting for one still, is there something small i may be overlooking that may be causing this? any help is appreciated, thanks!