Generator Hunting Under Load
I searched on this subject but haven't found an exact duplicate of my problem. It's a Onan 6.5 installed in an '84 Allegro. I assume it's original or close to it (it's obviously been remove or repl...
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BobR wrote:I did as Bob suggested and it helped the surging greatly. Once the smoke stopped I took a 1/2 gal of gas and mixed it with 1/2 can of Seafoam in a gas can and ran the genset for an hr under load(removed the pickup line and pumped the mixture directly from the gas can), this really smoothed things out. I now do this once a year just for general maintenance.
First thing I would do is run Sea Foam through the carb for 30 minutes. Let it sit for an hour and then run it for 15 to 30 minutes more with the Sea Foam mix. Re-adjust the choke if needed and see if that clears up the hunting.
