RoyB wrote:
I got my new Honda 2K portable generator in the January time frame and played with a couple of times to learn all of the ins and outs about it... It was about March I guess when I first took it with me on a camping trip to LOFT MTN - SKYLINE DRIVE VA.
I ran all my batteries all night long and then the next morning with my big smile on my face pulled out my Honda 2K and cranked it up... It ran good and about min later it just shuts down...
I check the oil again and the gas and all looked great - Fired it up again and same thing...
Then I got to thinking maybe its bad gas since it sit in the garage all winter long so I dumped the tank behind a bush and put fresh gas in it... same thing only run about a minute...
By this time a few folks have came by all offering helpful info which none helped...
then one dude walked up and said hmmmm - OK try it now... It fired up again as usually but this time it keeps running. He tells the bill will be $50 and I followed up with Check is in the mail....
Yep - I forgot about the ON-OFF position on the gas cap...
geeesch....
I did have a clue as everytime I removed the gas cap it would make a air exhaust sound. I thought it was building up pressure in the gas tank when running the engine... It was really telling me it was the other way - making a vacuum in the gas tank because the air vent was closed with the gas cap switch...
Oh well - At least I will never do that again...
Roy Ken
I have an ETQ brand generator that gets used a bunch when people use our TT. For this very reason before I ever ran ours I marked the cap with paint markers;
RED for off and
GREEN for run.
So far it's worked...so far. :B
