Onan Backfire - Not A Good Thing
When not traveling I run my Onan 2800 for one hour under a 1500w load every other week. Always, when starting it takes a couple of tries for a few seconds for it to start, drawing up gas from the fuel...
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Its not harmful to run the engine when you don't need to. But its not helpful either, no matter what a book says.
Many things can cause an engine to backfire,... doesn't mean that anything is broke. So it backfired once,.....but still runs good ?? Why you frettin over what ain't broke ?
I start mine only when I need it,.....sets for 3-4 months many times. No prime, starts hard after setting for a month or more.,.....usually starts on the 3rd 5 sec interval. Mine is a big noisy POS Generac !! 360 hrs runs like a new one.....noisy POS !! :)
Many things can cause an engine to backfire,... doesn't mean that anything is broke. So it backfired once,.....but still runs good ?? Why you frettin over what ain't broke ?
I start mine only when I need it,.....sets for 3-4 months many times. No prime, starts hard after setting for a month or more.,.....usually starts on the 3rd 5 sec interval. Mine is a big noisy POS Generac !! 360 hrs runs like a new one.....noisy POS !! :)
