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In Reply to: GT245 lemon? posted by Carol Skalsky on Tuesday, June 15, 2004:
Well it seems that my GT 245 with just under 60 hours has this problem. It has run fine since new in July 04. I did a complete tuneup on it prior to the first cut in the spring and it ran great until early June. It started with the black exhaust smoke and missing and such. The plugs were all carboned up. I replaced the air filter again, new plugs and a new fuel filter and it ran great for a couple more mowings. Well Thursday night as I was finishing up mowing out back it started acting up again. Today I went to a local JD dealer and spoke with one of the mechanics who was more that helpful. His suggestion was to get the engine serial number off the side of the engine and get a new air filter for that serial number. He also said that he has rejetted many of these Kawasaki 20 hp engines to stop this rich condition. So tonight I pulled the carb off and took the jets out of it. I'm going to order the new jets on Monday as well as the air filter. He also mentioned that playing with the idle screws may help it run cleaner as well.
I'll let you know how I make out.