Onan Microlite 4000 Generator Issue
Good evening, folks! I will be purchasing my first-ever motor home on Monday; It's a 2002 Fleetwood Tioga with an Onan Microlite 4000 generator. During preliminary discussions with the seller, he...
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Thank you so much to everyone for your help. I got my motorhome Thursday of last week, and I have learned so much because of your help. I'm not mechanically inclined at all, but I've gotten so far with everything this week and there's no way I would have been able to do it without you folks.
UPDATES: I changed out the carburetor (all by my freakin' self -- that's huge for me) and IT STARTED AND STAYED STARTED! I got giggles and goosebumps because I seriously stink at anything automotive/electrical/small engine so this was a major achievement for me.
NEW ISSUES: So the generator runs great -- fires right up, stays fired up... until I try to turn on the air conditioner. As soon as I flip the switch to COOL, the generator starts spasming -- the only way I can describe it is like a sine wave of high to low -- WHIRRRRRrrrrrrrRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrRRRRRrrrrrr. I know that's the absolute newbie way to describe it, but that's what it's doing. I don't want to do any damage to the generator, so I turned it off, turned the AC off, and then a few minutes later, I fired up the generator again. Works like a charm... until I try the AC again... same deal.
If anyone has an idea, I'm all ears. I know so much more about this thing now and I can't wait for my DMV to finally open so that I can get plates and get moving. :)
UPDATES: I changed out the carburetor (all by my freakin' self -- that's huge for me) and IT STARTED AND STAYED STARTED! I got giggles and goosebumps because I seriously stink at anything automotive/electrical/small engine so this was a major achievement for me.
NEW ISSUES: So the generator runs great -- fires right up, stays fired up... until I try to turn on the air conditioner. As soon as I flip the switch to COOL, the generator starts spasming -- the only way I can describe it is like a sine wave of high to low -- WHIRRRRRrrrrrrrRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrRRRRRrrrrrr. I know that's the absolute newbie way to describe it, but that's what it's doing. I don't want to do any damage to the generator, so I turned it off, turned the AC off, and then a few minutes later, I fired up the generator again. Works like a charm... until I try the AC again... same deal.
If anyone has an idea, I'm all ears. I know so much more about this thing now and I can't wait for my DMV to finally open so that I can get plates and get moving. :)
