Ran gen and turned off petcock till unit died. Why is gas still getting into carb/air cleaner assembly?
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It seems that if you overfill the fuel tank, the gas makes it's way into the vent and and then drains thru the hose back into the air cleaner assembly. Not the greatest design, but I drained some fuel from the tank and now the problem is solved.. Thanks for you input anyhow.
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The petcocks are poor quality and leak... On my generator (same manufacturer different branding) the gas made it's way past the petcock and the pressure even overcame the float flooding the crankcase.. Simple fix.. Aftermarket inline fuel shutoff valve $5-7 cut the line install and done .I also use this to shut down the generator not the on off switch, and run the carburetor dry each time.
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Did you add "Stable" in the gas after the last run? It is most likely a gummed up carb, because of todays crap gasoline.
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Look up a local small engine repair shop. All power equipment needs to be maintained on on a regular basis to be reliable when you need it. Stale gas is the problem, run it once a month. Use fresh fuel and use stabilizer in the gas. Try this, tilt the unit forward, backward and left and right. Sometimes the fuel system could be semi- clogged and this will get enough past the clog to start. If it does put some fuel system cleaner in the tank with fresh gas. Lowes or Home Depot have one that is an enzyme that will eat the gum that formed.
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I saw the same problem, and it refuse to light and all i smelled was gas coming out. Wrapped the gap with tin foil; lights on the first press of the piezo electric starter. If I need a better fuel/air ratio, I will poke a hole in the foil.
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Not that I'm aware of Dianne try checking the holes the gas comes out of you may have some rust particles partially blocking the holes on one or both jets. I hope that helps. Good luck
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2 ways--first attach other leads to gas [ fuel] relay OR buy the install kit that does the on/off bit automatically. Hope this helps.
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I will have to send you pictures of my set-up later on this week. Briefly I have three Weber carbs and a fuel distributional block from Mr. Gasket and I placed it upstream of this, but if you have fuel injection the pressure is about two or three times what the gauge will register
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I found cleaning the pump intake solved the problem. When I took my out, it had cat hair plugging the intake side. Once I got it cleaned out, it works like new!
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My owners manual recommends that you run the tank empty. It also recommends that if you must store the unit with gas in it, that you make sure you do two things. Always treat your gasoline with some quality fuel stabilizer, like STAR TRON and that you turn off the the gas line valve, and let it continue to run until it shuts off. That will keep your carb and parts from the effects of ethanol fuels. You could get a siphon like used with a kerosene heater and reverse siphon the gas out of the tank into a gas can.
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There may be an easy solution to your problem as I discovered the second time I used my Generac. I kept starting the engine, and it would run very rough, and as soon as I closed the choke the engine would stall. I finally figured out that I had the fuel flow switch turned off, and as soon as I moved the fuel lever to the open position, my problem was solved!! Although I felt extremely foolish, I felt it was important to share with others. The fuel lever is not well marked, and I did not notice that I had left it closed.
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I week ago I would have recommended this unit. The other day the electrical generator quit. I have now had the engine quit and the generator quit on this thing. Getting rid of it and its only 2 years old.
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It is a small, finger operated pump. It sucks gas from the tank and gets it to the carb until the engine gets running. Be sure you didn't install it backwards and if that is OK then the tiny screen filter inside the tiny carb is plugged. Open the carb and get some carb cleaner.
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Have you adjusted the fuel mixture setting on the carb? May be too rich. It's on the bottom part, near the corner
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Make sure your gas tank vent is open.The filter has four connections, make sure you're flowing (in/out) the gas in the right direction to your motor.Try it without the filter element in it.How low is the filter from the motor connection?Is the squeeze ball on backwards? Check arrows on ball.Could it be that the filter is dirty?Mine is working like it should, I'm on the second season with it.Maybe I have a 30gal through put total, not much. It's on a 2006 9.9M 4s.J
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Did you clean the ports with carb cleaner? You may also have additional codes coming up.
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Prob better to go through your gas first. Sounds like you have a rusty tank tho. It'll def work for your problem
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Never got the my generator to run, vacuum valve is wore out. So I have a new carberator that I can't use.