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Aug 03, 2016

Oman 5500 only runs for 10 seconds and shuts off?

We have a 2011 Onan 5500 RVQ and just got home from a 2k mile trip and it ran flawlessly. Litteraly as we pulled into town with the A/C's going cause it's 110 degrees the generator shut off and we could not start it again. I figured it was the fuel pump so I swapped it out and now it only runs for like 10 seconds then shuts off. One time it ran for about 3 minutes but then shut off. Before I swapped out the fuel filter it would crank over but would not run at all. I figured it had to be fuel but the fuel pump
Swap hasn't helped. We ran the generator probably 70-80hrs over the past 3 weeks without issue. I'm stumped and we are trying to get out of town again and nobody has time locally to look at it. Any ideas?
  • Artum Snowbird wrote:
    Is the oil level OK? I know my Honda will shut off if the oil gets too low.


    Oil is good and fuel level in coach is full. May have figured it out. Pulled the carb bowl and cleaned it out and it's running now. Don't know how that would have fixed it but it's running now for over 30 min with both AC's going. I have heard about not letting the genny sit to long because it can get gummed up but we have put 300hrs on it since May so it hasn't been sitting without being ran. Hopefully this fixed it.

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