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Re: Onan carb fix
Lynnmor wrote: 1bacamaro wrote: Sorry but a motor wants what it wants and this one wanted a little more fuel. I been rebuilding carbs and jetting them for street bikes and atv's for 15 years and trust me this carb ran this way from new. The drill bits are made for fine tuning and been used for years. I do agree if in spec they run good but that spec is so close to lean all it takes is one very small change. Sorry but I have been jetting carbs for many years and every location is different. Sea level to 5000ft and weather conditions all play a roll. Small engine department at work fine tunes these everyday and 50% of the time sizing jets is part of the tuning. Yes cleaning these jets with these bits will solve the problem sometimes but not always. Just because it's not talked about doesn't mean it's not a common practice. Don't forget, you also have varying amounts of ethanol and water in todays wonderful fuels. More fuel is needed as the ethanol content is increased. Very true.515Views0likes0CommentsRe: Onan carb fix
Sorry but a motor wants what it wants and this one wanted a little more fuel. I been rebuilding carbs and jetting them for street bikes and atv's for 15 years and trust me this carb ran this way from new. The drill bits are made for fine tuning and been used for years. I do agree if in spec they run good but that spec is so close to lean all it takes is one very small change. Sorry but I have been jetting carbs for many years and every location is different. Sea level to 5000ft and weather conditions all play a roll. Small engine department at work fine tunes these everyday and 50% of the time sizing jets is part of the tuning. Yes cleaning these jets with these bits will solve the problem sometimes but not always. Just because it's not talked about doesn't mean it's not a common practice.519Views0likes0CommentsRe: 2014 Fuzion 342 or 331 Out the door
Rv direct has the best prices I have found. I ordered my 2013 fuzion 381 from them. Every option but full paint and got it for 54,000 out the door. My friend got his 412 from camping would with no monster package and led lights in awing etc for 75,000.00 I tried to get camping world to match the price on a 381 they had in stock but they couldn't touch the price.468Views0likes0CommentsRe: Onan carb fix
It sucks they have these engines running so lean today. Another thing they do is run a really hot plug also. I couldn't believe the NGK plug had a heat range of 4. Man that's a hot plug. My old plugs that came out were so hot from being ran lean the threads were blued from the heat. I am a diesel tech for a living so trust me I hate emissions crap.518Views0likes0CommentsOnan carb fix
I have a 5500 onan in my new fuzion and it's always had a lean pop out the exhaust and would surge when not under a load. I am a diesel tech and refused to buy into the fact these carbs can't be cleaned and made to run good again. I always ran seafoam and ran the generator under load once a month. I finally gave up on the seafoam and removed the carb for cleaning. Once I got the carb off I took it to work and took the carb completely apart. No signs of dirt or varnish and jets where clean. We have a ultrasonic carb cleaning so I dropped the carb into it and let it do it's thing. Once done I washed out the carb and blew it out with air. Next I took some gasket paper and made 2 new gaskets to replace one on top of carb and one that goes between carb and intake. Took the carb back home and installed it back on the generator along with 2 new spark plugs. The gen fired right up but the lean pop was still there and surge was a little better. I knew this carb was clean because it ran good but just had this small lean pop. Well I wasnt going to give up so I called the small engine mechanic at work and told him what was going on. He told me to bring him the carb because he knows what's wrong with it. I removed the carb again and took to work the next day. I gave him the carb and he said give me a few minutes to fix it. 20 minutes goes by and he walks up to me and says your done. I ask him what was the problem. He brings to tell me he sees it all the time with these new generators and small engines. He says they are running these engines so lean because of emissions standards today. He shows me a set of real tiny drills to drill out main jets. He found the stock main jet size to be .0250 and just opened it up to the next jet size of .0280. One size wasn't a big jump but he says trust me that's all it needs. So I take the carb home and installed it back onto the generator. Prime the carb and say to myself well here goes nothing. The motor fired right up and.....WOW! This generator has never ran this good from day one. This thing sounds totally different. I start to think this thing sounds quieter also. Next thing I know my wife walks up and says man it sounds quieter. lol I also installed a shut off valve in the fuel like so I can run the generator out of fuel.3.7KViews0likes16CommentsRe: Apple vs PC
I will never buy a windows computer again. The apple is buy far a better machine. I just don't get it where people think apple is more money. I thought the same thing until I went to buy one and could not believe how wrong I was. I looked at other computers and they were the same price as the apples. Now the apple laptops are well........big money but worth it.277Views0likes0Comments
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