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Diplomat_St_Poo
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Apr 18, 2015

UPDATE - onan 5500 diesel generator will not stay running

A friend has a 2006 Monaco with a onan 5500 diesel generator that will not stay running. It fires up but a soon as the start switch is released it stops. Just prior she was driving with the genny ...
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bluegypsy
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Apr 18, 2015
Could it be the "On/Off" switch? If you press the switch one way to start, and then let go to run, and the other way to stop, it could be the switch is saying "turn off" when you let go of the switch.

Either check continuity of the switch with a meter, or try taking your finger off of the start/stop switch VERY slowly.

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