Not good having fuel in the oil. It dilutes the oil and you loose lubrication properties and can play havoc with seals especially in older engines. I will let a more knowledgeable gas engine person give you suggestions on what to do to repair the issue. I do not think you should be running the engine until you fix the fuel leaking problem. Good luck Capt. Perry
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of bushwood Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 3:59 PM To: UnifliteWorld Subject: [UnifliteWorld] Re: Onan generator Well I played with it again today. I changed fuel filter, sprayed carb cleaner down carb throat, checked plugs and they are moist. I pulled dipstick and I can smell fuel in the oil. Despite what I did, it still runs same. I haven't pulled the carb apart, yet...... On Jan 19, 1:03 pm, bushwood <[email protected]> wrote: > I will check all again. It's just odd that one day it works great. > The next day it starts up fine (manual choke) and then fails with a > load. I checked the smoke/exhaust when this was occurring and did not > see anything out of the ordinary. The water coming out of the exhaust > did not seem to have any excess 'rainbowing' from unburned fuel, but > then again, I've been wrong before. > > Thanks and will keep you posted. > > On Jan 19, 2:48 pm, waterguy <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > >RPMs never recovered after this, > > > even with no load. > > > > I think I can smell some fuel. Is it possible the carb float stuck > > > and it's running way too rich? The genny has never been a problem. > > > Are there any tricks to check before addressing the carb? > > > > Thanks > > > All excellent suggestions. I'd first look at the fuses in the control > > unit (box on the left side of the genset - "left" as you stand at the > > generator end of the unit, flywheel farthest away from you). The > > electric choke is controlled by one of those fuses (sorry - don't know > > which one offhand). Pull each one out and check with an ohmmeter - > > I've had fuses blow right under the cap where you couldn't see it. > > > I had this problem - rough running, fuel smell, gray-to-black smoke, > > and it was the blown fuse that kept the electrically-heated choke > > stove from being energized, warming up and pulling the choke off.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.12/1910 - Release Date: 1/22/2009 6:28 PM --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "UnifliteWorld" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/UnifliteWorld?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
