Onan 4000 not wanting to stay running

Jerry_Amerson wrote:
Hey you all,here I am again.
I have the Onan 4000 generator and it wants to die on me when I get it going and roams up and down before dying. If I wedge something in by the governor to keep it from roaming it will run fine. Is there an adjustment I can make or do I need to replace the carborator on it.

Thanks again for all your help!!
Jake

I will say again if it runs fine with something wedged in the governor it's not a problem with the fuel, fuel filter, or carburetor. While I've had other generators the Onan is new to me so I like to read up on issues like these so I can be prepared should something like this happen to me. Apparently on these generators there's an adjustment at the governor arm pivot point. In my humble opinion you should start with that. There's a decent utube video on this at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlhYg0iXbSA. Also keep in mind that the generator hunting like that can cause damage to things like microwaves and TV's. Whatever the problem hope to hear how you corrected it.