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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Big Snout" data-source="post: 18998" data-attributes="member: 2067"><p>Hello, I own a 2003 S250 Bobcat loader. I will describe the problem in a second but first I want to go through my starting procedure. I first start it and let it warm up for a couple of minutes I then slowly increase the engine speed to about 2/3rds before I attempt to move it. Even when I move it I'm gentle on it until it gets up to operating temperature. Once I am at temperature I give it full throttle so I can use it to capacity. Here is the problem and it happened overnight. When I start the machine now and go through my motions the thing almost stalls out. When I try to move it while simultaneously raising the boom and crowding the bucket the engine just starts to die like it's being overloaded or starved. Here was my first thought, the battery is pretty weak because it is a 5 year old original unit that needs to be replaced. I believed that may be a problem so figured I might as well try to let the machine idle for about twenty minutes or so then try again. This seemed to work so I assumed the battery was the culprit. Once I was finished using it for the day I put a battery charger on it an let it charge the battery until I tried it again the next day, same thing. It worked fine only after it warmed up. Any body got any ideas what else it could be? I don't think it is starved for fuel because why would it run fine after it ran for a while and warmed up? Maybe that may be a clue also. If anyone out there has an answer I would love to hear it. Oh, by the way, the machine only has 224 hrs on it and absolutely no leaks. She is as tight as brand new. Please email me and ask me any questions that may help you in the diagnosis of this problem. Thanxz in advance from The Big Snout.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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