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kmb1966
Explorer
Jan 21, 2016

Onan carburetor float has fuel inside of float

My Onan Marquis Gold 7000 will run for about 15 seconds and then appears to flood out and die. Took carburetor off, removed the bowl, and the float itself is full of fuel. I'm thinking that is the p...
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j-d
Explorer II
Sep 21, 2016
Only suggestion I have, look among shops that are tinkerers, that keep old parts hoping they can cannibalize them. Or a shop that replaces them with new. Again, carb "cores" that might be plugged up, but a few would have good floats. Those engines aren't only on gensets, at least I don't think so. Seen ONAN engines on welders, some small equipment, might be on marine gensets also.

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