3000W Chinese Gensets Info.
professor95 wrote: EDIT ADDED 45/5/2013- When this thread started in March of 2005, I never expected to see it survive this long or amass the quantity of information that has been shared here. In...
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jbobst wrote:
It ran for about an hour or so just fine, but then it seemed to do this thing where it bogged down and sounded like it was barely running and about ready to putter out at any second.
Next time it happens, try removing the gas cap while it is occurring.
It's not uncommon to get a defective cap that doesn't vent properly - As the engine runs for a while, the gas it consumes gradually builds up a vacuum inside the gas tank. If the cap doesn't properly vent off this vacuum, it will eventually get strong enough to starve the engine for gas. Result: Engine bogs down, even when there's no electrical load connected to the generator.
