Generator Stalls only while Driving
Hi everyone! My first post. I bought a 1999 Safari Zanzibar and I am trying to solve a mystery. Auto transfer switch kept dropping the generator power so I bypassed the switch. Now, Onan 6500 prop...
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wa8yxm wrote:
In days of old Fuel tanks were vented,simply vented.. Then came the EPA and now if it is Gasoline (not sure about Diesel, or rather no clue about diesel) the gas cap is valved so it should admit air but not let fuel vapor out...
And in some cases it is just plain sealed and the tank vents.. by other methods and routes.
I have heard of cases where the main engine sucked fuel fast enough that a slight vacuum built up in the tank,, JUST enough that the generator fuel pump coudl not over come it and the genny starved and stalled.
Per the OP it's an LP genset.
