Could Low Oil in my Generator Cause This?
Hey all, Dry camping on our way to Sarasota and I fired up the genset (Onan 5500 Gas-50 amp) and it ran everything fine for 3 hours. Was running 1 AC and a few lights. We had a couple flickers an...
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dougrainer wrote:bigdisplay wrote:Squealers wrote:
Update 2.
Talked to a tech at Lazy Days on the phone. He stated my model, the 5500 has a known issue with a slow oil leak which drips on the drive belt causing it to lose traction and as a result it does what mine is doing and stops electricity generation.
They can't get me in for repairs so I'll continue to search. Thanks again all, and thanks Ij for the numbers and contacts!
I seriously doubt that will be the cause.
If you had that much oil on the belt that it slipped that bad I don't
think it would be intermittent as you say it is
There are NO belts at all on any Gasoline driven RV Genset. Doug
researching a onan gold 5500 they have a drive belt and tensioner and a rubber mounted pulley they say the pulley fails before the belt ever does
However I don't know if the one the OP is the same but to say no Onan has a drive belt is incorrect as some onan 5500 have a drive belt
Right on the Onan gold warrenty it says All HGJ series carry a lifetime warranty on the 'drive train belt"
