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I have a Yale forklift that doesn't want to stay running.
A little background. It's a Yale, don't know the year or model, I bought it used about ten years ago. It's always has been a good truck and has run great. It has a Mazda 2.0, the same as a Mazda pickup. I found this out about three months ago when the timing belt broke and I had to figure out what kind of engine it had, all it say on the valve cover is "Yale"
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Yesterday I started for the first time in probably a month, or more. It started just fine, I put in gear, turned it 90°, it started chugging and died. Like it was running out of fuel. I got it started again but had to crank it over, in many spurts but it finally started but would only run maybe 30 seconds before dying. I went on line to a couple of discussion boards and found posts that sounded a lot like my problem. It seemed the main diagnosis was a plugged fuel filter. Made sense because I've had this problem with regular gasoline engine. Checked the truck today and there is no filter. I tried to start it again today and it popped right over and ran fine, I'd say "perfect' and this time for at least a minute or two before starting to chug and die. It restarted a lot easier than it did yesterday and would run again for a minute or two just fine and then chug and die.
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I traced the lines from the LP tank to component 1, 2 and 3. Between the tank and component 1 I cracked open the fitting and got a strong rush of gas. Between 1 and 2 seemed strong. But when I removed the big hose between 2 and 3 there was nothing. I thought there should be a vacuum from 3 but I only felt a very slight vacuum, nothing much at all. I am asking two things, first, should there be pressure coming out all components and secondly, what are the names of these components so if I need new parts I can tell the parts guy at the forklift dealer what I need.
A little background. It's a Yale, don't know the year or model, I bought it used about ten years ago. It's always has been a good truck and has run great. It has a Mazda 2.0, the same as a Mazda pickup. I found this out about three months ago when the timing belt broke and I had to figure out what kind of engine it had, all it say on the valve cover is "Yale"
View media item 64405
Yesterday I started for the first time in probably a month, or more. It started just fine, I put in gear, turned it 90°, it started chugging and died. Like it was running out of fuel. I got it started again but had to crank it over, in many spurts but it finally started but would only run maybe 30 seconds before dying. I went on line to a couple of discussion boards and found posts that sounded a lot like my problem. It seemed the main diagnosis was a plugged fuel filter. Made sense because I've had this problem with regular gasoline engine. Checked the truck today and there is no filter. I tried to start it again today and it popped right over and ran fine, I'd say "perfect' and this time for at least a minute or two before starting to chug and die. It restarted a lot easier than it did yesterday and would run again for a minute or two just fine and then chug and die.
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I traced the lines from the LP tank to component 1, 2 and 3. Between the tank and component 1 I cracked open the fitting and got a strong rush of gas. Between 1 and 2 seemed strong. But when I removed the big hose between 2 and 3 there was nothing. I thought there should be a vacuum from 3 but I only felt a very slight vacuum, nothing much at all. I am asking two things, first, should there be pressure coming out all components and secondly, what are the names of these components so if I need new parts I can tell the parts guy at the forklift dealer what I need.