I know this is a car forum...but you guys give such great advise that I'm hoping someone may have a suggestion for me. I own a 2wd Steiner tractor mower and yesterday I cleaned it inside and out with engine degreaser than hosed her down. Now it's not running right. You should know that before the cleaning, when I let the mower idle, it wanted to progress forward as if the pedal was being pushed (slow rate of speed, of course). Anyway, after I cleaned the mower, it is now doing ALL of the following: running rough, accelerating and de-accelerating on it's own, if I push the pedal down it will bog down and eventually stall...unless I release the pedal...then it will eventually kick back up to speed again, same thing when the mowing deck is operating, it will bog down, eventually stall but if I stop moving the mower (don't have to necessarily turn off the mowing deck) it will get back up to speed in a minute or two. When it is running at normal rate, it mows fine. But that only last about 2 minutes until it loses it's power.
HELP! These things cost a mint...and even more to repair. Maybe it's something simple. I'll keep my fingers crossed!