how to START a generator that’s been “sitting too long”

[stephenmaylie]

Thanks for keeping this to the point and not spending 9-minutes with a meaningless opening like most clips!!!

[reubenbroussard]

It’s always such a relief to get a bunch of great information in a short time! I feel like hours have been added to my life. This was perfect. Thank you

[seewall]

BOOM! Short sweet and to the point. Exactly what I was looking at doing but the quick tutoral makes it so much easier. Thanks for this.

[cleodumas]

Awesome way to get to the point good information I was able to get my generator going in less than an hour following your technique. Thank you.

[DJMrE]

Great quick, direct to the point video. Worked perfectly. Thanks.

[SF-UK-]

What these guys have said - no narcissistic preamble, just the facts. 🙏

[DaveDoggyDogg]

Wow fast and straight to the point, why cant more videos be like this

[OverloadPrinciple]

1 minute video and you explained this perfectly. Thumbs up for sure.

[stellijer]

I have a generator which sat for a few years with the same gas. I checked out all the things in this video, put in fresh gas, etc - it starts just fine with a squirt of starting fluid, but won't keep running. It won't start at all with just gas.

As far as I can see, there are no blockages in the fuel line. Yet it won't start. For what it's worth, it ran like normal when it was started a few years ago. Only time has passed.

Any ideas what to do, or what might be the issue?

[whatnowok]

And if that don’t work, then you need to pull off the carburetor and clean out the jets. 1st try fresh gas

[tonymayhew]

That's only getting the engine running side of things! How about the electrical? One of the things that happen to generators is the stator will lose its magnetic field after sitting for long periods of time, and you have to give it a real quick zap from a 12 volt battery if memory serves me correct? Nothing chaps mens ass as bad as getting the engine to start just to find out that he still hasn't gotten the piece of equipment to work properly! And most people don't even know about this and it ends up in the trash or free Craigslist because they don't know about it. 😉

[marcogutierrez]

Thank you you just got my generator back to life!! this was very helpful! Now I just need to figure out what is causing my generator not to start with the electric start button... it only starts manually with pulls... Thanks again!

[Pilot]

I just bought an LPG generator for this exact reason. Mine is for home backup only and could go a long time unused. Plan to run it up often but I wont have petrol in the system for long periods going nasty. My cooking supply already comes from twin 46kg Propane bottles so we always have fuel ready to go. They are quieter and smell less than petrol and diesel units

[billystewart]

I can get it to start with starting fluid but dies. I emptied tank already, put in fresh gas and some sea foam. What do I check next? Long shot but I’m not mechanically inclined.

[tiagoj]

How do I get rid of all that gas sediment? Water? Mine has been sitting for years and is barely used. Thanks

[MM-igiv]

It's amazing how important fresh gas is.. you'd think they couldn't stress that enough when buying anything with a motor! A weed eater, chainsaw.. etc.

[ryanshelton]

I did the wd-40 behind the air filter and mine worked right away. Does anyone know why that works? And is that a permanent fix or just temporary?

[jaywholoveseveryone]

HOW were you able to _wipe out_ the sediment at the bottom of the gas tank? What did you use to reach inside? thanks

[DragonPilot]

My Generac starts with the pull rope and runs just fine. I don't run my Honeywell 7500 watt very often, but I do do a maintenance run twice a year. Just yesterday though (Nov 14, 2023) the electric start doesn't work. I've got 12 volts, good gas and good plug, but I'm not getting any turn over at all when I press the start switch. It's like it's got a broken wire somewhere.

[bororobo]

Tell me I'm stupid or my generator doesn't have a choke lever.

After about 40 minutes of trying everything I gave up. I'll check if the choke is there but I didn't turn it on