Generac will not start / smell of gas
Over the weekend I ran the Generator for about 2 hours all of a sudden it just quiet like it ran out of fuel has 1/4 tank in it. Tried to restart over and over and started to get a strong gas smell (s...
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Check the easy stuff first. Remember, you only need three things to get combustion.
Air - already been mentioned
Fuel - check
Spark - first check to make sure the boot didn't come off the plug. If not, check for spark
I had the magneto go out on my generator in less than a year. Hopefully that's not your problem.
If you have spark, spray some starting fluid through the carb. If it starts time to rebuild the carb. If it doesn't start and you have spark...ummm...probably time to bring it into the shop, unless you have knowledge of tearing down small engines.
Air - already been mentioned
Fuel - check
Spark - first check to make sure the boot didn't come off the plug. If not, check for spark
I had the magneto go out on my generator in less than a year. Hopefully that's not your problem.
If you have spark, spray some starting fluid through the carb. If it starts time to rebuild the carb. If it doesn't start and you have spark...ummm...probably time to bring it into the shop, unless you have knowledge of tearing down small engines.
