More Onan 2.8KW questions - carburetor
Hi folks. Just got back from one of Uncle's mandated trips to lovely Kuwait, and so of course the '01 Dodge Roadtrek has been sitting idle, inexpertly stored by my buddy (for free, mind). The fridge...
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My Roadtrek wrote:
Most people on here, who maintain their Onan's per the owners manual, have no problems. My ran perfect for 8 years until I sold the RV. Being loud is the main complaint.
Is it possible, that at one time, your Onan wasn't maintained properly?
Where have you heard "nothing but problems"? Probably from owners who didn't take care of their gen-sets, then complain about them.
I'm sure you're right in many of the cases. I would add another issue that Onans seem to have: poor repair shops. That isn't the generator's fault, of course. It seems that a good proportion of the repairs aren't done right, which leads to gensets that are serviced over and over and over ... hence their poor reputation.
Mine ran a little rough when I got it. Now, I can clearly see that the more often I run it, the better it goes. It's nice and smooth now. They do seem to be well built.
