Can't fix Honda eu2000i - please help!
I am trying to bring to life an old eu2000i. When I got the gen it was not in a good shape. It had been used in a marine environment some time ago and then stored with old gas in the system. Here ...
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I see some possible issues.
First, I assume when you cleaned the carb you did a disassemble clean and reassemble.. IT is possible you got that wrong, but somehow I suspect doubtful.
Second: There may be a fuel tank outlet strainer,, This one is often forgotten, when cleaning the fuel system.. I would hope seafoam would clean it, but one never knows.
Next is one I actually saw on a 2000.. Thing would run for only a brief period of time... Two others were working on it feverishly and getting no place till I remembered reading about the EU-series. Then I mentioned the gas cap vent valve and it ran perfectly after that... (I told the park manager that since it gave them so much trouble I'd be happy to take it off their hands.. He said "NO")
Finally.. .There is a possibility you have an ignition issue as well... MANY small engines, in the old days, had breaker point ignition systems and these got kind of high-resistance over the long winter and thus it took forever to get them to start.. New points helped.. I suspect that Honda has a breakerless system.. but it may still need attention.
YES, Magneto engines have some type of breaker to insure precise timing.
First, I assume when you cleaned the carb you did a disassemble clean and reassemble.. IT is possible you got that wrong, but somehow I suspect doubtful.
Second: There may be a fuel tank outlet strainer,, This one is often forgotten, when cleaning the fuel system.. I would hope seafoam would clean it, but one never knows.
Next is one I actually saw on a 2000.. Thing would run for only a brief period of time... Two others were working on it feverishly and getting no place till I remembered reading about the EU-series. Then I mentioned the gas cap vent valve and it ran perfectly after that... (I told the park manager that since it gave them so much trouble I'd be happy to take it off their hands.. He said "NO")
Finally.. .There is a possibility you have an ignition issue as well... MANY small engines, in the old days, had breaker point ignition systems and these got kind of high-resistance over the long winter and thus it took forever to get them to start.. New points helped.. I suspect that Honda has a breakerless system.. but it may still need attention.
YES, Magneto engines have some type of breaker to insure precise timing.
