fuel line

Of course you could also have a bad/weak fuel pump. You sprayed fuel in to the carb and it ran. This bypasses the fuel pump. On a 2011 model I would be more suspect of a bad/weak fuel pump than a bad fuel line. Sucking fuel from a near by can is not the same as sucking fuel from your main tank. Just saying......

Had the same problem. As others have said, it's the fuel line.

Strange the fuel line would go bad in a 2011 unit. But...stranger things have happened.

My 2001 had that problem just last year....turned out to be a crack in the generator fuel line. Sucking air...not gas.

All set up to drop the tank (2x4s, a floor jack, a friend, an impact driver and a 6-pack)...discovered that with a 12 inch screwdriver and my long arm, from the passenger side of the tank I could pop off the fitting (hose) and hook the new hose up, route it, and had the generator running in about 20 minits. I REALLY got lucky there.

I THINK...that with this ethanol, the line goes bad before it "should". I also THINK that the gov't has hose "standards" for this ethanol gas from the tank to the motor...but has no standards for hoses to things like a generator. So...when shopping at the auto parts store for hose, the "standard" hose is really cheap...but the "ethanol resistant" hose is quite a bit more. In fact, the old hose was not marked "ethanol resistant" or anything like that.

But mine, like I said, is a 2001. Yours, a 2011? Wow.

g'luck!

Most likely your fuel line from tank to genset has deteoriated split and is sucking air. Had that happen to ours & had to replace fuel line.

Good luck & Safe travels

Three possible issues in suspect order

1: 1/4 or LESS tank of fuel.. The generator fuel pickup is usually around the 1/4 tank mark,, may be higher

2: Bad fuel line,, pinhole leaks letting air in (Actually happened on a car I used to drive)

Large gap,, Very large gap

Very large number (it is that far down the list) Clogged fuel pick up strainer (I have actually never heard of this happening but in theory it can).

The fuel line itself is bad..replace the fuel line (easier said than done)..there is a hole in it and it is sucking air. Other possibility is that the pick up line from the tank is too high..but I am assuming you have more than 1/4 tank.