Generator Issues
My 4000K (K model) Onan generator has been running great for the last couple of years...until now. I was exercising the generator a couple of weeks ago, and allowed my gas tank to get down to the 1/4 ...
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cgmartine wrote:
Today, Sunday, I went to start it at the storage area. The ambient temperature was 94 in the shade. The generator started immediately. It then ran for twenty minutes (without a load), then began to surge for about 10 seconds, then immediately died. If I read the code correctly, it was 36 (Engine stopped fault). The second time it ran it did the same thing. The gas tank is 3/4 full. The gas gauge is accurate. It is all fresh gas. The third time I had it running and died, I did not get any codes. It is my experience that fuel pumps generally do not run intermittently, so why would it run great for 20 minutes? The same thing with a fuel filter. Once it is clogged, it is clogged. The oil is between the low and full mark. So what is making it surge (remember: no load) and quit running after 20 minutes. Do you all still say it is either the fuel pump or the filter? I will go ahead and replace those, but I suspect they are not the culprits.
will it immediately start and run for another 20 minutes?
if its not producing AC voltage even if theres no draw it will shut down
