Ongoing Onan 2500 Generator Frustration
Well, the frustration with my Onan 2500 generator continues. After posting questions and several searches regarding why my Onan 2500 generator was first operating poorly then not at all, I changed LP...
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darsben wrote:
Some models of Onan generators exhibit this behavior when the low oil switch activates
SEE: http://www.flightsystems.com/pdf/onan-rv-troubleshooing-guide.pdf
Page 5 may give you your answer
A very common problem with many generators: faulty low-oil sensor switch
Typical example is generator will start but runs for just a few seconds.
Easy trouble shooting is to (check oil level first) short across the switch to bypass it.
If genny runs okay then you know that it's the switch.
