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Burn-in-RV
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Aug 28, 2017

Onan Generator Carb question

Hello RV'ers
I am in need of your help,
1995 Coachman, low miles under 25k, just picked it up in the beginning of the summer & used it several times. It sat by our warehouse for almost 2 years not moved at all, the owner of the warehouse gave me a good deal.

Now its parked at our Cottage for a couple of weeks.
Kids wanted to sleep in it & the generator worked but died.

Replaced the battery, replaced the fuel pump which was an after market 12 volt unit, got fuel it starts but sounds like its missing a cylinder & blue black smoke is coming out of the exhaust.
pulled the plugs & they are tar black.
I am running super unleaded since i bought it to keep everything clean so i thought.
It wont accelerate but will die if you touch the throttle.

I called the dealer for parts & the only thing in stock is a coil pack & other odds & ends. Carb is back order #146-0749. Does anyone have any contacts for this carb?

Any suggestions?

Thanks Everyone!
  • Burn-in-RV wrote:
    Thank you, So i am guessing that the carb is the problem since it sat so long?

    Keep you posted.

    It usually is
  • If you have the wrong fuel pump with too high a fuel pressure it could run very rich. Usually it would be black smoke but you did say black plugs and not oil wet plugs so it could be over rich. Some of the oem pumps are very low pressure but they all should produce volume and fill a pop bottle rather quickly. Maybe 15 seconds not minutes.

    If you know the delivery is good then move on to carb etc
  • Thank you, So i am guessing that the carb is the problem since it sat so long?

    Keep you posted.
  • If you have a local small engine shop with a hydrosonic parts cleaner, have them put the carb in it for an hour, can frequently save from having to rebuild that way.
  • Will do thank you,
    Keep you posted.

    It will be a little while because its 3 hours from here so next week will update.

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