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    jesseoc Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    Jul 9, 2008, 06:20 PM
    Lawn tractor starts, ramps up, then almost turns off, then ramps up, and on and on
    I have a sears lawn tractor, has worked fine most of the time, but now it is cycling through something: I was mowing, and suddenly lost power, and it almost turned off, but then it ramped up to full throttle, and kept this cycle up. I checked the fuel, plenty available. Checked oil, fine.

    I started it again, without load, does the same thing, ramps up, down, up, down.

    Where do I go from here?

    I changed the fuel filter last year; could the fuel supply cause this? Someone mentioned a malfunction with the "governor"? (what is a governor, where do I find it, what do I do? Diagrams anyone?)

    Thank you for your help.
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    MOWERMAN2468 Posts: 3,214, Reputation: 243
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    Jul 10, 2008, 03:52 PM
    Clean the carb, check the linkages, check the air filter.
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