I did that on my Generac 5700 watt unit and it gummed the carburetor. What
I should have done was taken one more step, that was to loosen the drain
plug on the carburetor bowl. I had to buy a new carburetor.
On June 18, 2025 11:22:07 AM Chuck Brown via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote:
If you use a gasoline generator and you've run it for whatever reason, and
you know you're going to store it a while....don't just hit the off switch.
Turn the fuel supply off and let it run out of gas instead. Then hit the
off switch. This will prevent fuel from staying in the carb/floats and it
congenialing.
Chuck
On Wed, Jun 18, 2025, 10:50 AM Daniel Poirot via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote:
Hey Ralph,
My Firman is tri-fuel and has been mostly run on natural gas from the
house. It wouldn’t run on gasoline.
I have had carburetors apart before, so I dig in.
The float valve, main jet, and bowl were full of gunk. A few good shots of
carb cleaner spray and a quick wipe down and I was back in business!
Seriously. If anyone has issues with their generator, sing out. Retirement
means all kinds of time for such things!
73
Dan KJ5IZK
On Wed, Jun 18, 2025 at 9:57 AM ralph phillips via BVARC <[email protected]>
wrote:
Dan commented his generator would fire on starting fluid but not run. I
had the same problem last December. It was still under warranty so i had
it checked by a service tech.
He discovered the carbon monoxide sensor was bad and keeping the machine
from running. He disconnected the sensor and it ran fine. 4 months later
he still could not get a replacement sensor so the manufacturer gave me a
whole new machine.
Good luck!
Ralph. KE5HDF
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