Honda EU200i issue

jstaffon wrote:
I've had an intermittent problem with my Honda EU200i. It's happened since new but couldn't reproduce the problem. Finally, this fall we were camping in the mountains of Idaho. When the temperature dropped below 45 degrees outside during the evening, I had troubles getting the generator started in the morning. I would go through the normal startup procedure but it would only run for about 5 - 10 seconds then the Oil Alert Indicator would come on and it would shut off. I would repeat the process 2 or 3 times until it would start and run normal. Oil level is normal. My question is whether others have experienced a similar behavior and what to do to resolve the issue? It's time to change the oil this fall and was wondering if a different blend of oil may resolve the issue? Thanks in advance.

Jeff.

AFAIK it is very common. and different oil doesn't solve the problem at real low temps. Lighter oil will help down below freezing. Tried 5W-30 synthetic and had the same problem down around 0 as the std oil, but it helped in the 40F range. Virtually everyone I know, including myself, has this problem with the honda 1000 and honda 2000 when temps get below about 45 degrees.

what can help is to keep it on eco throttle for a few minutes and don't put a load on it for a few minutes. That doesn't eliminate the problem but eliminates one or more "restarts".