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Read articles →This is a real-time DIY diagnosis and repair on the owner's own 4044M, which was stalling under load due to water and sludge contaminated fuel (traced to leaky fuel cap design). It shows draining the tank, removing and cleaning the pickup screen/fuel line with carb cleaner, flushing the tank, and refilling with fresh diesel and cleaner, plus a tools list. Good for owners troubleshooting similar stalling or fuel contamination issues.
Posted by Eric of East Texas Homestead, an owner-operator documenting his own hands-on tractor repair and homesteading DIY work.
The owner traced it to water and sludge contaminated fuel, caused by leaky fuel caps that let rain water into the tank, clogging the fuel pickup screen.
Drain the tank, remove the hose clamp with a five sixteenths tool, pull the fitting with the screen, then clean it with carburetor choke cleaner like B12.
Carburetor cleaner, a pick, a flathead or five sixteenths screwdriver, pliers, fresh fuel, and optionally an extractor with a rod for flushing the tank.
