Onan Gen Set 5000 very rough start
I have an Onan Gen Set 5000 generator in my 1994 Winnebago Class A motorhome. We were traveling last night from Michigan to North Carolina. I started the generator when we left home and it ran great ...
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martolina wrote:
I just went out and tried to for an hour. . .no luck. I can make it "chugg" if I hold the start button. If i move the choke to fully open, it will "chugg" more violently, as I slowly move the choke it will "chugg" a little less violently. I tried to move the carb adjustment screws to 50 different positions with no luck. Could it really be as simple as a bad spark plug. . .it's getting gas, I have adjusted the airflow to every possible position. . it should stay running at some point and adjusted to the right idle speed, right????
Keep the help coming. . .I appreciate it!
It's extremely flooded. You could change the spark plugs or just the old ones and dry them off. The old ones will probably be dripping wet. You could also spin the engine over with the plugs out, to blow out some of the gasoline. Just make sure the plug wire ends are grounded. That could light off some of the fuel from the cylinders. Singed the hair off my arms once doing that.
Richard
