2014 Onan 4000 fuel leaking from carb
I have an Onan 4000 generator on my Shockwave. It's always been a little finicky to start. However, this past week when I went to start it for the monthly run, it just would not catch. I noticed fuel ...
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I completely disagree that even 1 yr old gas will give any kind of a problem.
But what in the world does that have to do w/ the carb leaking gas ??
But another trick that almost always fixes a needle valve leaking,....
Get it running, then shut off the fuel supply till it dies.
Then prime the pump till it quits pumping. That process has a very good chance of washing any foreign material out of the needle and seat that is probably causing it to leak. Hopefully it will be good when you restart it.
But what in the world does that have to do w/ the carb leaking gas ??
But another trick that almost always fixes a needle valve leaking,....
Get it running, then shut off the fuel supply till it dies.
Then prime the pump till it quits pumping. That process has a very good chance of washing any foreign material out of the needle and seat that is probably causing it to leak. Hopefully it will be good when you restart it.
