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Kennyg
Explorer
Nov 19, 2020

Help! Onan 4K generator refuses to start and stay on

Pulled RV out of 6 month storage. Attempted to start generator. Will start, but quit after about 6 seconds. Repeated attempts with no success. When it does start, it runs only briefly. It seems to ...
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Dusty_R
Explorer
Nov 20, 2020
We had an 01 Itasca MH. I added a switch to the generator fuel pump, and when I knew that we were not going to use it again for a while, I would turn the switch off and let the generator run out of gas.

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