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badger 8.3 cummins loses power

daleman ยท 2018-02-16 08:40

have a 94 badger wheeled excavator. drive engine cummins 6c8.3 loses power acts like its running out of fuel? replaced fuel filtrers,lift pump,overflow check valve? while under a say a long haul some times it acts like a governor or cruise control then some times it bogs right down ..then it picks back up..it only has 18000 miles on it? any suggestions would be apprciated

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  1. #1Delmer2018-02-16 11:50

    Junk in the tank, lines or some fitting you haven't cleaned. Either clean the whole system or put a fuel pressure gauge in before the injection pump so you can see if the fuel pressure drops causing the stalling.

  2. #2daleman2018-02-16 14:22

    thanks your right i did not do suction lines that was going to be my next thing

  3. #3daleman2018-02-19 10:48

    yep found an inline filter along the frame near the fuel tank..as old as machine is all the old timers here did not know it was there....original...lol thanks again