Scott Meszaros

Kawasaki Mule............................ 

had our mule since 2015.....only issue was bad fuel filter and one time it struggled to run right when the temp was 35 below zero.......................

my mule did that............mine was bad fuel filter......................

advise, honda or kawasaki.................

2 hours ago, laurence noon said:

for information regarding the fuel pump, they go weak idle all day but full power they will not supply enough fuel to keep going, what I found Walmart sells the fuel pump for under 20 dollars, here I have to order on line keep a couple around, one in the glove box

will do laurence noon............good idea...................i am careful not to idle it for long periods of time...........

thanks,  did just that................but with warmer temps, i am having no issues...............

9 hours ago, Travis said:

first thing that comes to mind is fuel supply.  whens the last time you changed the filter?

thanks for responding...........that was my first thought, but fuel filter was changed sometime earlier this year..........i took it out again yesterday......plowed some snow, and ran around the property running thru 10 inches of snow............no issues......the only difference is the temp yesterday was about 25, no wind.................when i had the issues, it was -8, with 35 mph winds...............i did add some fuel dryer in between times.....is it possible that i had a small chunk of ice in the filter, that was causing the problem?........i always run with fuel stabilizer, but the fuel dryer was a new additive............

Question for the group....i have a 2015 Mule 610..........been pretty reliable....250 hours on meter.....this past weekend, i was plowing snow..........yes, extremely cold, but i noticed that Mule ran fine when running around the neighborhood, but when i went to plow, especially when the snow was heavy,  when i would come to the end of a "push", the thing would stall out......started right back up with no issues......ran ok otherwise.................doesn't miss, doesn't backfire, idles fine otherwise.....any thoughts? thanks

after all the complaints on this forum about the other brands of utv's, i will stick with my mule...........not the fastest, not the most powerful, but it hauls stuff around the house and plows snow just fine..........

paid the dealer to do it as 1) wanted to make sure i kept warranty in place and 2) didn't want to get my hand dirty...........hahahahaha

i have a mule 610, first service was around $500............of course that was 7 years ago.........you must be getting the "custom" service package.......

when you say "no power" can you explain?.........if engine runs well in neutral, good plug, clean filter, i would check torque converter assembly.........

i would do it for peace of mind...........yes, difficult to spend the cash now, but in a month or less, you won't care......

19 hours ago, rsar said:

I was just thinking for warmer spring and fall days. My wife likes no top on warmer days (not that kind of top!) and I wouldn't mind having doors on all year round.  Doesn't seem like it's made for that easy on, easy off changeability though.

as noted earlier, can't remove top and leave doors............is your wife one of those folks that drives around in a convertible with the windows up..........hahahahahaha

just went out and looked.....bottom hinge is mounted to floor of mule, top door hinge is part of the top....so i don't think you could easily leave doors on without rigging up something for top hinge......

i don't believe so........never tried, not sure why you would want it that way............

lets put it this way, when i got the cab enclosure, i read the instructions and took it in to a dealer buddy to have it installed..............i did remove a door to have the window "fixed" last summer, and reinstalling wasn't bad.........but in the summer, if you unzip the windows, and run a fan inside, the temps are not bad.....but if you are using it for playing in the woods, i would recommend taking the entire enclosure off.....tree branches would reek havoc on the top..............

i leave the cab enclosure on all year long........and yes, it does cut the wind, and is relatively comfortable with heat......................

i put the factory kawasaki enclosure on ours.....while it doesn't seal up completely, it is good enough to allow me to heat the cab..............factory windshield is a hard Plexiglas................plowed snow for about 7 hours yesterday in 20 degree weather, and actually had to turn the heater down as it got too warm................

i can attest, you are not winning any speed contests with a mule.....................

was always told, whether true or not, that you should run regular in small, air cooled engines..............premium produces too much heat..............

not familiar with this "evaporative system"...........can you share details.......out mule has been pretty reliable...............

kawasaki mule with cab, rig up a heater, add plow and you are set......

just went thru this with 2015 mule......seems choke was out of adjustment. which caused rich mixture, which fouled plug, which caused missing, stalling, hard starting.....................rule of thumb. keep several spare plugs and fuel filters in your tool box......this is getting to be an annual thing for me.........

glad you have good luck with yours Joe..........i know a lot of folks on this site like the utv's that are meant for off road fun,  that go fast......my mule is used around the house for work related stuff, so speed isn't that important............and the prices must have gone up significantly since i got mine in 2015, i didn't pay anywhere near 20 grand, including cab enclosure, winch and plow..........