RoyF wrote:
You don't say whether you are using ethanol-free gasoline. I can testify that Honda's do not like alcohol in their gasoline. I (now) use only ethanol-free.
Off topic slightly, but just as a reference for the OP: Needing ethanol-free gasoline may or may not help modern inverter-type Honda generators start or run better. What does the operator's manual state?
My 25-30 year old non-inverter Honda four-cycle portable generator doesn't care about ethanol gas one way or the other. I usually use California regular gas in it. Starts up on the first pull (if I remember to turn it's manual choke ON first) after sitting for months with any age of any kind of gas in it. I use Mobil 1 synthetic oil in it and the proper type E3 advanced spark plug in it.
Why would the gas engine part of newer Honda portable generators be more finicky than the gas engine part of their old models?
