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alank2
Explorer
Jul 15, 2016

Generator question - let carb run dry or keep it wet?

I was helping my father in law get his genset running yesterday and ran into the same issue we ran into about 6 months ago. It wouldn't start, was difficult to pull the cord. It would finally start ...
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crcr
Explorer
Jul 16, 2016
alank2 wrote:
There certainly is not a general consensus about this!

Can we do a poll at this site?

Something like:

fuel off/carb empty
fuel off/carb full
fuel on/carb full


Add one more:
fuel left on/carb and tank empty.

I run it till it uses up the last of the fuel in the tank and dies. Then I leave the fuel tank cap off for a couple of days so any last drops of gasoline in the tank evaporate out. I leave it that way for months, then when I put gasoline in, it starts after a few pulls.

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