Yamaha Generator, spark arrester AND muffler?
I fixed my Yamaha EF 2000iF generators from not running by removing the little disk of what looks like scrunched-up wires that was clamped on the end of the exhaust pipe, which had become completely f...
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SWD wrote:
The screen is there to capture glowing carbon grains/granules that get blown out while the engine runs under a sustained load. Removing it and the internal screen cone arrestor will do no harm, other than setting the woods/grass/building on fire if you're running it in an area with downstream "combustibles". It actually sounds pretty good without them, but that's usually not desirable coming from any generator.
So, you are saying that the internal cone and the smashed together wire disk that is clamp on to the outside of the exhaust pipe are both just spark arrestors? That the disk doesn't suppress sound at all?
