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Polarbear |
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Polarbear Super Spammer
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Posted: 18:05 - 21 Oct 2018 Post subject: Suzuki generator |
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I feel an idiot posting this but I cannot get my daughters boyfriends Suzuki generator to run.
It hasn't been used in at least a year and I'm sure it's fuel related. I had it apart and cleaned loads of shit out of the fuel filter and carb bowl. Cleaned everything and put it back together. It's a really basic mikuni carb.
If I squirt chain cleaner in the air intake if fires up and runs a few seconds so it's not the electrical side.
WTF can I do? There is only one screw jet adjustment on the carb and I have set that at one turn open but tried different positions to no effect.
Compression seems ok from pulling the starter.
What am I missing or being totally dense about? ____________________ Triumph Trophy Launch Edition |
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Robby Dirty Old Man
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Posted: 08:24 - 22 Oct 2018 Post subject: |
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My generator was doing the same thing. I had taken the carb apart and cleaned it, fitted a fuel filter, and it still wanted a blast of carb cleaner to start.
Solution was cleaning the carb again, which helped a bit, and fresh fuel, which helped the rest.
They run an incredibly simple carb, but also one which clogs up surprisingly easily if it isn't used frequently. The auto-throttle is very bad at compensating for a slightly blocked jet. The ignition system is fairly rudimentary, making a fairly weak spark on the initial pull start.
So add together old fuel, a weak spark, and a bad mix, and you get a generator that won't start. |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 5 years, 157 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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