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bkirkpatrick
Explorer
Feb 17, 2014

SOLVED - Onan 5500 Gold Gen - Fuel Issues - FUEL PUMP

Have an Onan Gold 5500 Generator and I installed an inline (clear) fuel filter to see if fuel is going through. A little history. In the past, when I would press the prime button, you could hear the...
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smithrock
Explorer
Feb 19, 2014
bkirkpatrick wrote:
Mine should be here tomorrow. I will keep you posted. I also ordered an Onan metal screw on filter to replace the other one that attached to it.


Yeah, I replaced my filter with the new type as well. You might wanna get rid of that filter at the carb. They say to use a straight thru adapter instead of that problematic filter- I did that as well

I'm currently having an issue with my generator that developed tonight - nothing fuel or carb related though!

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