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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nayther wrote:taken wrote:
Your carb float may be stuck causing the engine to flood.
Wrong, it would run or at least try to with starter fluid. The old story, if you have gas, spark and compression it MUST run. Try the starting fluid again with the air cleaner removed, just a short squirt and open the butterfly manually, see if it fire. If it fires I'd suspect carburetor issues. If it doesn't then I'm at a loss without being there.
I did the starter fluid without the air cleaner on. I cant get a good look into the carb because of how its in there. looking at owners manuel it says to check the #14 wire. i traced it as best i could to a temperature control switch. it says this has a normally open contacts. The contacts close if the temp gets above 284 could this be the issue stuck in the close position. if it gets to approximatly 284 deg. it initiating an engine shutdown.
