replacing fuel pump on Genreator

Just wanted to let you folks know I finally got my Generator fixed. The guy came to the house and put on both new filters. rubber gas line and a new fuel pump. Total cost, labor & parts was $120.00 Generator runs like a champ.

Good ideas already but also take the gas cap off so no pressure builds up and blows out whatever you plugged the line with.

When I had to drop my generator, I first travelled enough to bring the gas level in the tank down to below the generator pickup (below a quarter tank). I plugged the end of the removed gas line with a cork. Even if I couldn't plug the end well, I figured I would at least not siphon too much gas out of the tank. It ended up being very much a non-issue.

The golf tee would probably work well, provided it's not a kind of plastic that is attacked by the fuel.

I usually plug lines like that with a plastic golf tee. The fuel can also be stopped from siphoning from the tank by blowing enough air back through line to push the fuel back into the tank.