Onan Emerald III 6500
When I bought this motorhome over 2 years ago I was told the generator ran but the tank was too low on gas to run it. At the time it wasn't a deal breaker if it didn't, so I drove it home. Once I put ...
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jyrostng wrote:took carb off tonight, bowl was really dirty with sediment, soaking over night in Acetone. Will need a bowl gasket if I can find one separately. I'm assuming the main jet screw has a oring, it looks like it has flattened out, I have a good set of o'rings, so I should have the correct size. I bought 2 quarts of oil thinking that would fill the crankcase up, wrong, looks like 4 quarts came out? Also could not find the specified plugs anyplace, it has Autolite 25's which I don't know if they are similar
When you clean that carb, there are several thing to unscrew on the bottom of the carb, where the main jet goes into the carb, there is a emulsion tube that can be removed with a screw driver, next to the main jet well is the idle jet well, it has a screw driver slot in a cap, unscrew that cap and under it is the idle jet that also unscrews. A inspection mirror is handy unless you remove the carb.
