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MrWizard
Jul 07, 2010Moderator
did you ever think to run some Sea Foam thru it occasionally and remove the excess carbon from the cylinder and the exhaust system
carbon in the cylinder restricts intake reducing power, carbon in the exhaust increases back pressure making the engine work harder to produce the same amount of output power
fixed speed engines need this every few hundred hours, the number hrs varies with the engine and how hard its being worked, i believe onan says every 500hr or maybe its even less
I don't remember if the champ has a recommended time interval but its something i do with all generators
carbon in the cylinder restricts intake reducing power, carbon in the exhaust increases back pressure making the engine work harder to produce the same amount of output power
fixed speed engines need this every few hundred hours, the number hrs varies with the engine and how hard its being worked, i believe onan says every 500hr or maybe its even less
I don't remember if the champ has a recommended time interval but its something i do with all generators
I had a champ as well and it did work great when new and for a while after.Last year it was starting to struggle staring the air on my camper and toyhauler.It was now a couple years old and alot of hours on it.even a lil 1500 watt heater or the micro would put some strain on the gen too.Finally jsut bought another gen
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