Onan quality going down????
I have 7 motorhomes currently, 6 with Onan gensets, 3 4KY bought brand new aprox 1 year ago, 2 4KY 2007 with ~1300 hours and 1 2012 5.5K with 500 hours.
I have had motorhome for 15 years, normally they gensets have been pretty good, up until now. In the last 2 years I have had a complete engine failiure (new engine required), 12 fuel pumps, 5 sets of brushes, 4 starters, and 10+ other breakdowns.
You might say "well, they are rental units..." Well, not quite. Of the 3 gensets in the new units, all needed new fuel pumps and 2 needed new starters BEFORE THEY WERE DRIVEN BY ANY RENTER. I believe I have a little more knowledge than the average user, I have taken them apart and I have owned Onan generators with over 6000 hours, so I think I got the maintenance routine down.
Even after that, those 3 new units needed new brushes with less than 700 hours (they all failed between 650 and 720 hours of use).
ANybody experiencing similar issues? I'm sad to say, buy unit number 7 has a Q55 generac with over 3000 hours and I have never had any problems with it.
I have had motorhome for 15 years, normally they gensets have been pretty good, up until now. In the last 2 years I have had a complete engine failiure (new engine required), 12 fuel pumps, 5 sets of brushes, 4 starters, and 10+ other breakdowns.
You might say "well, they are rental units..." Well, not quite. Of the 3 gensets in the new units, all needed new fuel pumps and 2 needed new starters BEFORE THEY WERE DRIVEN BY ANY RENTER. I believe I have a little more knowledge than the average user, I have taken them apart and I have owned Onan generators with over 6000 hours, so I think I got the maintenance routine down.
Even after that, those 3 new units needed new brushes with less than 700 hours (they all failed between 650 and 720 hours of use).
ANybody experiencing similar issues? I'm sad to say, buy unit number 7 has a Q55 generac with over 3000 hours and I have never had any problems with it.
