Onan Locked Up
Onan genset (5500 Marquis HGJAB) with 417 hours locket up while running. Got to where I could put a socket on the fan and freed up the motor (working it back & forth) but now when running it sounds l...
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Went to GREAT effort to take the engine down to splitting the cases only to find . . . . nothing. Everything looked fine. Crank non-bearings, cylinders, cam lobes, no oil on either plug. A complete mystery.
Then I spun the armature and it made this very audible warbling noise. Dang, but at least we can rule out oil failure! :S
I did ruin one of the valve cover gaskets. Guess I'll have to make a replacement?
Best,
- c bob
Then I spun the armature and it made this very audible warbling noise. Dang, but at least we can rule out oil failure! :S
I did ruin one of the valve cover gaskets. Guess I'll have to make a replacement?
Best,
- c bob
