Generator won't start ?

[8gv]

You could have a stuck float, stuck electric fuel shut off valve or dirty carburetor.

Float:

A stuck float can often be remedied by rapping the side of the carb with a wrench.

If you hit it hard enough you will break the carburetor and need a new one.

That will also solve the problem but it is not the low cost alternative.

Adding Stabil to the gas in the fall can be helpful... more or less.

Fuel valve:

Remove and clean.

Reinstall and try to start.

Carburetor:

Stabil put into already old gas is not optimal.

If you run the generator for a short time the treated gas may not go where you need it to go.

If you did not drain the carburetor or run it out of gas then this can happen.

Go to FLL Mart (hi Less! ) and get a jug of PineSol.

TAKE DETAILED PICTURES FROM MULTIPLE ANGLES AS YOU GO.

Remove the carb.

Turn the idle mixture screw inward while counting the turns to a lightly seated position.

Document the number of turns because on reassembly you will need to turn it all the way in and then back it out that same number of turns.

Be careful not to bend the float assembly.

Soak the whole assembly in PineSol with special attention paid to drowning every passageway.

Ream out idle jet and passage with guitar strings.

Reassemble and reinstall carb.

Try to start generator.

Take it to the shop because you missed something on reassembly.



BE SURE TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE VERBAL LUBRICATION WHILE WORKING ON THE GENERATOR.

Good luck. We are all counting on you!