rcpd34
Mar 14, 2014Explorer
Odd Onan issue
I have an Onan 5500 that has always started easily and run fine. Has about 240 hrs. I have a guy doing some inside work today so I showed him how to start it and turn the heat on as it was cold. He ...
lumpy790 wrote:
instead of replacing the carb ..... go to a auto parts store and pick up a couple bottles of Sea Foam and dump them in the tank and let the gen run for 10-15 min alternating on and off load (draws the fuel through different circuits) then let it set for 30 minutes (cleaning) and repeat procedure a few times.
When I bought my TH it had been sitting for 2 years and Sea foam cleaned the carb out. Somehow it still ran with the old bad gas that was in the tank with a little fresh dumped in.