Onan Generaor - 10 yr old
We have a Onan Marquis Gold 5500 watt generator. It is 10 yrs old. I service oil and air filter. We have never had a problem with it. It has 500 hrs run time. When it used to start it would crank...
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TC&Z wrote:Farmboy666 wrote:
It sounds like a fuel issue but 20 seconds really isn't an issue. Does it get fuel from main tank or it's own? Either way I would try some Seafoam first and that should help clean things up if it's fuel system.
Appreciate your suggestion. Our gen gets its fuel directly from the main MH tank. Unclear to me how you want me to introduce the Seafoam into the generator's fuel line. Please provide a bit more info how to do this, apologize its not obvious to me... thx
Mine runs off the main tank and the gas line to the generator has a quick disconnect to the main tank, I unhook it and put it in a gas can and prime. As some have said it may not fix the problem but is an easy and cheap first step.
