MrRchitty wrote:
orionpaxx wrote:
Quick question while on the road trying to trouble shoot.
Every few days I have to dry out my air filter because one unit will not start.
Has anyone encountered this? The filter seems full of fuel,
Stopping air flow.
Looking for reason this would happen!
Jay
Definitely fuel? Is the airtube which goes from the airfilter box to the carburetor wet, as well? My experience on purchasing my first Champion 2000 Watt inverter generator a couple of years back, I opened the box in the parking lot at the Sam's Club and filled the car and the generator with fuel, leaving the gas shut-off in the on position, I drove home. It leaked fuel from a tiny little vent-hole in the carburetor everywhere. Turns out, that for whatever reason the float shifted and held the needle and seat open. Removing the bowl and emptied the fuel, shifted the float and it operated up and down with my finger, put the bowl back and never did it, again. That is the only think I could think of. Good luck. If that doesn't help, customer service.
I've found my champions have this fuel leak problem on occasion if I run them dry by turning off the fuel and just letting them flame out from fuel starvation. This happens when I leave them empty in the back of my truck, then drive around exploring dirt roads with them still back there. If I leave a little fuel in the carb, I don't end up getting the leak where I have to pull the float bowl, but they often tend to be hard to start after the day of bouncing around.
