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Posted by Frank on November 24, 2007, 6:37 pm
---MIKE--- wrote:
> I run my generator for 15 minutes under full load on the first of every
> month.
>
>
> ---MIKE---
>>> In the White Mountains of New Hampshire
> >> (44° 15' N - Elevation 1580')
>
I don't test run mine quite that often but when one of these generator
threads pops up it prompts me to do so - just did - works fine ;)
Frank
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Posted by Matthew Beasley on November 26, 2007, 11:39 am
> I take an hour to store any small engine I won't be using for a while.
> Part of it is just regular maintenance.
>
> 1. Run the engine out of gas. If you can easily get to the carburetor,
> drain the last few teaspoons of gas out of the carburetor bowl.
On the engines where I can easily get to the carburator, I add these steps:
- take the bowl off
- spray out the bowl with spray carburator cleaner and set out to dry
- spray out the jet; on most engines the jet is part of the bolt that holds
the bowl on
- spray up into where the jet goes in.
- if I can find it, hit the idle jet feed too
Once they all dry out, put the bowl back on. No more worries about dried up
gasoline building up year after year.
>
> 2.
--Snipppage--
>The only problem
> I have ever had was several years ago, when a carburetor float stuck
> wide open and flooded the engine.
I had that happen on my rototiller and I didn't realize it right away.
Gasoline was leaking out where I couldn't see it and before I noticed it,
the gas lit off. It must have been a spark from the ignition. A panicked
few moments before I grabbed the fire extinguisher out of my camper. After
cleaning up the extinguisher powder and fixing the stuck float, all was OK
with the engine. It still works fine two years later.
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Posted by willshak on November 24, 2007, 10:03 am
on 11/24/2007 2:19 AM Sammy bin Snoozin said the following:
> I bought a new gasoline-power generator from Grainger last year, filled it up
and tried it - worked fine. Then I covered it up for winter (on an outside
patio). This week I unwrapped it to check it out and could not get it started.
Plenty of gas, still looks like new, everything moves. Just won't fire. Any
ideas on how to get the things going again? I have a fair amt of experience
with auto engines and lawn mowers but this one has me stumped.
>
> Sam
Make sure the on/off switch is on, the gas valve is open, and the choke
is set.
If all is done and it still won't start, pull the air filter off and
squirt some starter fluid (or carb cleaner) into the throttle body and
give it a try.
A year old, seldom used generator should not have ignition problems, so
it's more likely the fuel system.
A generator can go unused for years, so adding some fuel stabilizer will
help.
--
Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
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Posted by Steve Barker on November 24, 2007, 10:20 am
give it a shot of b12 down the carb. Just sounds like you need some
enrichment. Those automatic chokes are worthless.
s
I bought a new gasoline-power generator from Grainger last year, filled it
up and tried it - worked fine. Then I covered it up for winter (on an
outside patio). This week I unwrapped it to check it out and could not get
it started. Plenty of gas, still looks like new, everything moves. Just
won't fire. Any ideas on how to get the things going again? I have a fair
amt of experience with auto engines and lawn mowers but this one has me
stumped.
Sam
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Posted by Joseph Meehan on November 24, 2007, 10:26 am
Well if you covered up your car for a year it likely would not start.
Gasoline does not keep well. A year is really too long for gasoline
powered motors to be reliable.
You might get by by adding stabilizer (made for gasoline) to fresh
gasoline. You might make it a year, maybe two.
If you want reliability, I would suggest keeping the generator dry (no
gas in it) and keep your fuel in a separate container. Then maybe four
times a year dump the unused fuel in your car and buy new. That way you
will always have fresh fuel. Any time you use the generator, empty out as
much fuel as possible and then run it dry. I would suggest running it at
least twice a year and change the oil once a year even if that is the only
time it is run.
A better idea is to get a Natural Gas powered generator. You also
might look at propane generators. They don't have the problem with stale
fuel gasoline models have.
In short a generator is not a set and forget tool. You need to maintain
it.
> I bought a new gasoline-power generator from Grainger last year, filled it
> up and tried it - worked fine. Then I covered it up for winter (on an
> outside patio). This week I unwrapped it to check it out and could not
> get it started. Plenty of gas, still looks like new, everything moves.
> Just won't fire. Any ideas on how to get the things going again? I have
> a fair amt of experience with auto engines and lawn mowers but this one
> has me stumped.
>
> Sam
>
--
Joseph Meehan
Dia 's Muire duit
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