Onan Generator Problem Solved
My Onan 5500 Marquis Gold generator would run for about 20 minutes and then quit. I tried replacing the fuel filter without success. I then rigged a gas supply directly to the carb (threaded the old f...
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Rustydog wrote:
Ethanol softening the fuel pump diaphragms.
Another cheap and inaccurate shot at E10. If the diaphragm was bad, it wouldn't have run for 20 minutes and probably wouldn't even have started.
I also wonder if the fuel pump was really bad or the fuel line connections were sucking air after things warmed up. Replacing the fuel pump would have also dealt with the fuel line connections.
