bigfootford wrote:
bob_b wrote:
I just successfully finished the carb cleaning thanks to these well documented procedures. It was much easier than I thought. Thanks, Thanks, Thanks!
bob_b, were you having problems with your genny? It would be nice to read the symptom that made you do the teardown.
Did you find any contaminants/junk in the emulsion tube? That always seems where we find the reason for having to leave the choke slightly on to run or warm up.
Jim
I picked up a well-used eu2000i to go with my Companion model. This unit was owned by a contractor. It was really filthy, beat up and the rubber feet were busted off, but the unit ran good and the price was right. Cleaning the carb (and everything else) seemed like a prudent thing to do. I detected a slight cycling of the engine on econ mode, but other than that, there was no real problem.
Upon inspection, there was no dirt or grime at all. I suspect that this carb was cleaned before. I cleaned it anyway. All of the other maintenence items were addressed (plugs, filters, oil, new rubber feet) so that I would have good baseline to start with. I scrubbed everything, sprayed some clear-coat and even bought some new decals for it. The whole generator is now more shiney and runs as good as a new one:D
FYI: I've shopped around for parts and
Boats.net has better prices than any others that I could find.
