Starting a sleepy Onan Microlite 4000
Hello Travelers. I've got a tip for many that own an Onan 4000 Microlite that has been sitting for a few months without being started. I take the cover from the generator and manually start the unit o...
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Snowman9000 wrote:Bobbo wrote:Snowman9000 wrote:
I can prime the genset for 60 seconds or more and it still won't start without a lot of cranking. I'll try the choke suggestion and see if it makes a difference. I bet it will.
This describes mine, but I am too lazy to go outside, open the compartment and take off the ONAN cover. I will continue to just crank it 3 or 4 times even after priming for 60 seconds. It is just quicker and easier. Even 4 cranking sessions of 5 seconds on/5 seconds off takes less than a minute.
Yeah, well, I'm taking the problem personally. :) I don't like poor designs and I can't resist trying to improve them.
If you find a way to install a manual choke control next to the remote start switch, let me know. :B
