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darsben1
Sep 11, 2016Explorer
The RV Snowman wrote:
MY generator keeps shutting off from a malfunctioning oil cut off switch. has anyone here cut the wire from the switch and had their generator run again?
Why would you disable a safety switch?
I do not know which Onan you have so I cannot help for sure but; Some older Onans had a problem with foaming oil making the pressure switch shut the engine off. Onan's cure was to run the unit 1/2 to one quart low to stop the problem, Onan even had a new dipstick made to show the engine full of oil with one quart missing. Is yours one of them?
Maybe someone here will remember which model it was.
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