Frankly, I think the Onan brand is shot. I am astonished how quirky the generators are. I get that American products are going to cost more, but they should be top-of-the-line quality, and it feels to me like Onan products are a **** shoot.
You can go by a Harbor Freight Predator 8750 max / 7000 run genset for $600. You could buy four of them for the price of a new Onan.
If I had a place where I could work on my RV at my leisure (darn HOA) I would figure out how to take one of those HF gensets, remove the fuel tank and battery, and shoe-horn it into where my Onan lives in my RV currently.
It's a shame because from what I gather Onan generators used to be pretty bullet proof. I don't know why they are so troublesome to troubleshoot and repair.
But when coils cost $150 and ignition control modules cost $100 and control boards cost $175, you can **** near replace the entire generator with a HF genset for the cost of troubleshooting and repairing an Onan.
Steve
