What apparently had happened was that the "mushroom" would wander around in the tank til it got over the fuel outlet, then get sucked down and form a CHECK VALVE - if I tried to re-start immediately, NO GO - but wait a while and the lack of suction would allow the "check valve" to float up. In my case, some sort of algae had gotten together with some rust flakes and formed what looked like a miniature "kombucha tea" mushroom - with the rust flakes, the "mushroom" was magnetic enough I used a small rare earth magnet on a wire and fished it out. Only other thing I got - if the left tank is the ONLY tank that may (or may not) have the problem, I would check inside that tank (light, mirror, whatever you can see with) for anything partially submerged (that is NOT supposed to be there, that is) - I had this problem with my backhoe a few years ago - ran fine most of the time, but when I got "frisky" with it, about half the time it'd die just like pulling the fuel shutoff (diesel) - drove me nuts, 'cause I could let it sit for maybe 15 minutes, start it and it'd be fine (sometimes for days or weeks)
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