onan generator problem. help!
wouldn't you know it?
I'm supposed to leave tomorrow afternoon for 3 glorious days on my land in Nacogdoches Texas, and have run into generator problems while doing my pre excursion prep.
The generator is the 2.5kw onan in my my 2012 arctic fox 1150.
Standard propane unit, and the the few times I've used it, it's been flawless. I've even made sure to go out and run it for an hour under load every couple of months, just to keep it lubed as instructed. So far it only has about 14 hours on it.
Now, when I tried to start it, it fires right up, runs about 5 seconds, then, just peters out.
I've checked everything I can think of including blockage on the air intake hose, but that's covered with some sort of sock/foam screen already, so I don't think that's the problem. It just sound like it's being starved for fuel. I do have full propane, in fact I checked the stove and it fires right up, and the fridge is running as we speak.
Anybody have any similar experiences and if so, any advice????
thanks
anthony
I'm supposed to leave tomorrow afternoon for 3 glorious days on my land in Nacogdoches Texas, and have run into generator problems while doing my pre excursion prep.
The generator is the 2.5kw onan in my my 2012 arctic fox 1150.
Standard propane unit, and the the few times I've used it, it's been flawless. I've even made sure to go out and run it for an hour under load every couple of months, just to keep it lubed as instructed. So far it only has about 14 hours on it.
Now, when I tried to start it, it fires right up, runs about 5 seconds, then, just peters out.
I've checked everything I can think of including blockage on the air intake hose, but that's covered with some sort of sock/foam screen already, so I don't think that's the problem. It just sound like it's being starved for fuel. I do have full propane, in fact I checked the stove and it fires right up, and the fridge is running as we speak.
Anybody have any similar experiences and if so, any advice????
thanks
anthony
