Onan Gen--hard starting and surging
I was gifted a 95 Bounder 34ft with the big block Ford engine. 30kish miles. Sat a lot. I've resurrected it back to 90% operational. I've made several statewide trips. The generator. At f...
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The genset appears to have all the whistles and bells with a choke pulloff, heater on the choke itself, but no enrichment adjustment that I can find. It does have that black carb bowl that allows the owner to adjust from 0 to 10,000ft.
I got it to run for a while yesterday, which is more than it ever has run. It was idliing for quite a while when I turned on the back AC to give it something to work at.
The gen seem to run OK but once I turned off the AC within a minute it started to surge again, then shut down. I've got an idea to plumb in a line with BG carb cleaner while it runs before I spring for a carb replacement.
It is 90% running smoothly, just that nasty surge keeps springing its head back up. I am sure it just needs to run some more. I hope it will self clean whatever garbage is still in the bowl with clean high quality detergent gas.
I got it to run for a while yesterday, which is more than it ever has run. It was idliing for quite a while when I turned on the back AC to give it something to work at.
The gen seem to run OK but once I turned off the AC within a minute it started to surge again, then shut down. I've got an idea to plumb in a line with BG carb cleaner while it runs before I spring for a carb replacement.
It is 90% running smoothly, just that nasty surge keeps springing its head back up. I am sure it just needs to run some more. I hope it will self clean whatever garbage is still in the bowl with clean high quality detergent gas.
