Watch my video on how to fix a generator with no compression; www.youtube.com/watch?v=gK_LP... Watch my video on how to replace a generator carburetor; www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGih0... Why your generator might not be starting; www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzOiH...

Although I don't own a generator. I still watch your videos because you have helped me in the past and you deserve the support.. Your videos are surely worth the watch. Thanks!

@charlesspera9839

2 жыл бұрын

Right on the money. Great step by step tutorial.

I have watch plenty of "how to" videos over the years and this one ranks in the top three. Steady and simple video of the components and the work, simple explanation and great tips for people like myself who have mininum knowledge of small engine and their repairs. For me, I purchased a Westinghouse IGen 2500 last year, ran it once for about 30 minutes, let it run until it died (all gas out of the system) and stored it for a year. Yes, I know, I shouldn't let it sit for so much time. Several days ago, I tried to start it again with no luck. I pulled and pulled ...and pulled, no luck. It did start one time.....then five seconds later when I switched it from CHOKE to RUN, it died....and would not start again. I found your video which gave me the confidence (hey, I can do this) but this morning, before I was getting ready to remove the air filter and carburetor boot, I tried it to start it one more time....and on the second pull, it started and ran just fine. I"m ready for the next time it gives me trouble......Thanks again, A GREAT VIDEO!

Indeed. Old gas will pull that trick on you. Thanks Don, for sharing.

Excellent. Appreciate your video shots as you work and the clear way you speak to explain what you are looking for and what you are doing. THANK YOU

@jimurrata6785

3 жыл бұрын

All the waving around is making me seasick.

You are an excellent teacher besides being a good mechanic. I look forward to your videos each week as I have learned a great deal from you. Thank you for taking the time and effort to make these videos.

Hello. I have a Westinghouse i2500. It’s somewhat similar to this. I had same symptoms. I followed your steps and after 3 hours, I had her running again. Thanks so much for the guide. You’re the man👍

Well done Super Don. Those are great Milwaukee drills too. Great Editing. Ethanol cause no doubt.

On more mini generator that doesn't start. ARGH!!!!! Great explanation Don. You videos are the best.

Nice vid Don. Great problem solving and diagnostic skill as always

The most common failure in small engines, is varnish in the carburetor. Although, I sure as heck wasn't expecting that from a brand new generator! I am thinking maybe the guy had bad gas in his can, and poured it into the generator, and it wouldn't start on that. People need to remember to use fresh gas. And if your not going to be using the gas for several months, make sure you stabilize it. Excellent work as always Don!

Good job Don, it's amazing that this kind of problem occur on a brand new machine.

Had a generator like that but it was a Honeywell model. It would run but if you stopped it, it would not start. What I found out after reading the manual it stated to have the fuel tank full. Filled it up and it started. Found out it needed tank full to get the gas to flow to make it start. Bad design in my mind. Though I would share this

Dude, i cant even believe it. I inherited a small 2 stroke genny and it would only fire up with starter fluid then die. I did so much stuff to that thing that i gave up and was assuming it was just dead. I cleaned out each jet (which i hesitated to do cause carbs always seemed so touchy to me) and it ran like i just bought the thing. Thank you so much for sharing this!

You always use great analytical technique to diagnose the problem.

Don. How lucky can a guy be. I've got a Generac doing the exact same thing and now I can fix it. You just made my day. Thank You!

Thank you so much for this video. I'm not a mechanic, and through this video I was able to successfully fix my generator. I really appreciate the assistance

As always Dony you are making us mechanics!

You do beautiful work.

I know this is 2 years old but I’ve looked for months and it never came up until today. The layout of my gen is almost exactly like this one. I was having big problems understanding the half written instructions on mine for removing or cleaning carb, jets and filter. This was so amazing and showed me exactly how and what I needed to do. Fingers crossed I too do nor have to remove entire carb! Thanks a million!!

Got a hurricane coming my way next week I’m trying this trick tomorrow!

Thank you! I’ve been struggling with a Northern Tool Powerhorse inverter that’s identical to this. Your video saved me time & money.

Great vid Don! I'm getting those torch tip cleaners today. Been using slick bread ties up til now. They are no serrated. Best, Skip

Thank you for sharing this procedure. Greatly appreciated. 🇨🇦❤️

You no you're a pretty smart guy and I appreciate all your video's man.thsnks

Always enjoy watching your videos. I find them interesting and learn heaps too. Cheers 🇦🇺

Thanks a million. This generator is basically the same as the Northern tools 2300 watt generator. The jet in the side was completely plugged. I cleaned it out and it started on the second pull.

Great diagnostic. Pretty quiet also. Thumbs up..

Best small generator DIY repair that I've seen in a long time. Thanks!

I really liked this video; I can work on this power unit after watching you go thru the steps! Thanks so much!

When using torch tip wires to clean jets remember the wires are steel and the jets are brass. Start with a smaller wire and work up. If you try to force too big a wire into the jet you could make a burr in the brass. The jet size can be fussy and a burr in there may undersize the hole or cause turbulence in the fuel flow.

@alexrivet1732

2 жыл бұрын

@@garny3766 Tubers? Don has been fixing stuff for a long time and has saved my countless hours of scratching my head fixing stuff. As mentioned the smaller jets are for EPA not the life or performance of the engine.

@JoSt5646

5 ай бұрын

​@@alexrivet1732So... Does this mean if we remove the EPA jets... We actually get some real performance?

@alexrivet1732

5 ай бұрын

@@JoSt5646 I wouldn't say straight up performance gains. Too rich or too lean compromises power. But I'd rather be a little rich than lean.

Great video Don! Clear instructions and expert knowledge, you are the best! Thanks for sharing!

Saved my bacon on my Westinghouse! Yellow fuel and a plugged jet.

Years ago when my mother was still alive my folks asked me to look at their ride-on mower which would not start and would cough and backfire when being cranked . 17hp Intek , I pulled the carby bowl gave it a quick clean ( it wasn't dirty ) , pulled the flywheel to check the key ( it was fine ) , eventually became suspicious of the fuel which smelled petroly but maybe not quite right . I decanted a small quantity into a glass and an equal quantity of fresh petrol into a second glass and set both out in the sun . 24 hours later the fresh fuel was evaporated , the fuel from the mower was still mostly there . My dad had put diesel into the fuel tank on top of the remaining petrol . Seeing that yellow fuel at 7:15 reminded me of that troubleshooting episode from back then . Sometimes ( often ? ) the answer is very simple , you just have to find it :-)

Excellent Video! So clear and so well demonstrated! Thank You!!

Great tips Don. Excellent video and repair. Never really work on any generators (inverters), so great to see how they are assembled. Thanks again.

Another informative video for us DIYers. Thanks Don.

Nicely described and fulfilled thanks.

Amazing!! I completely forgot that little hole!! I cleaned all the Jets on the carburetor of my generator, on the fuel bypass and everywhere that I could think of but it would only start with the starter fluid, so I decided to ask google and it brought me here! That was the reason I couldn’t get it to start after cleaning the carburetor, anyhow, thank you so much for this great video!!

Another great educational video, many thanks!

Always watch your videos. I use a torch tip cleaning tool also but never thought about cutting off the non serrated tips. Thanks

Thanks again for more tips. Sending this channel out to more friends.

@donyboy73

3 жыл бұрын

thanks Don

Very Good and Instructional. I enjoyed the video!

Great video Don. I have a Honda EU20I similar size I will be definitely bookmarking this video. Keep up the great videos.

Very helpful stuff! Ive got a generator (3 years new) has about 30 hours of run time... not starting up now. Might need to watch all your videos! lol wish me luck...

cleaning the carb ports with the torch cleaner worked like a champ on my 2000 watt generator.

Nice work as always. I’m fortunate to have a station that sells e-0 locally. I also stabilize it when new. I hate those all in one switches since I like to shut fuel off and let the carbs run dry in generators and such.

Watch you for a long time ! You are THE MAN !

Great tip about the eco mode for checking a dirty carb. Thanks

Solid video! Good order of troubleshooting steps,nothing extra, right to the point.

Thanks Dony your videos are very informative.👍

Thank you for the info, it's much appreciated.

Hi Don Have a good weekend

@donyboy73

3 жыл бұрын

thanks Drew, you too!

your videos are always awesome!

Made that job easy nice work as always Dony !

it's amazing that a relatively new machine wouldn't run on older gas or the jets would clog up so quickly...i wonder if he got it running with some starter fluid and ran some carb cleaner if it would have cleaned out the jets eventually...something like techron or seafoam???.....i have started snowblowers that sat all summer with gas in them and once they got running after that first start , they ran all winter long...maybe I just got lucky...also, I don't own a generator myself but always want to learn so Great job Don...thanks for your time

I have a Ryobi 2300 watt that I bought when I got it it had less than 30 minutes of run time on it wasn't even broken yet and I got it used from a guy in the little side jet was what was stopped up it was surging clean the carburetor out and got it running like it should I got a fairly expensive generator for 290 bucks because it needed a jet cleaned out

I had this problem on my Honda..bad gas sitting in the bowl..now I run the gas out to stall the unit then drain the bowl..no more problems😎👍

Great video with some great tips as always!!

Very good video Dony. Thanks

A great repair. Thank you for the video.

To remove the carb without removing all the housing, you can remove the studs [by double nutting the studs] and remove the studs with the carb if needed. The carb should just slide out. When storing my generator, I remove all the gas, run it empty, and then put a quart of stabilized 100% gas and run it for 5 minutes. That would be a video idea Donyboy. It will save a lot of people when they try to start them when needed.

@65csx83

3 жыл бұрын

I never 'store' my generator. Unlike a lawn mower or string trimmer, a generator can be needed in an emergency so I always leave a few quarts of gas in the tank. Periodically, if I haven't used it, I drain and replace the gas.

@ebachy

2 жыл бұрын

In this case, do you suppose the gas sat in the generator for a long time, or it was old in a gas can before being put in the generator? I have never seen any gas look that discolored. I usually drain/dump gas from my power tools and run them 'dry' for any period of disuse...but generators seem to be hard to manage that way... Is it recommended that the fuel be drained as shown in the video if not regularly used? I usually just keep them topped off to minimize air/moisture reacting with the gas and vents on caps close... I guess time will tell!

Nice, thanks Dony.

I look forward to your videos I always learn something 👍🏻

Did exactly what you said on a Harbor Freight 2000 which looks exactly the same on the inside and it started right up. Got the torch tip cleaner from ace hardware. Thanks a lot

You are a great teacher.

Great info as always!

This video made my repair happen. Thank you Dr.

My Hyundai 2000 (much older)turned out to be the spark plug, replaced with an ngk and it didn’t flood/foul anymore. It is still very sensitive to stale fuel and long periods of downtime. The compression release seems a bit too effective too. But with regular maintenance, it is a great unit to have around. Great vid as always Don!

Great video! Easy to follow, very well done. It will be my go-to sight from now on.

@donyboy73

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Thanks for sharing Don . I’ll be looking for some torch tip cleaners.

This is a very helpful video. What you have here matches my Wen 56200i exactly.

It really amazes me that people who buy these gensets NEVER put in fuel stabilizer. It's one of the golden rules of engine maintenance. Great video.

@hortyist1

2 жыл бұрын

Would you agree that using non ethanol fuel is easier with the same result? Or, does non ethanol require stabilizer as well?

@JoSt5646

5 ай бұрын

​@@hortyist1I'm here with this exact problem - generator not starting - runs off starter in the intake only. I ran cali-crap gas and when the power to the house came back... I continued burning off the rest of the remaining fuel... Ran it dry (no load attached). Then for good measure poured some Tru-fuel in and ran it for ~5min-10min. Stored the generator. 3 months later we go to use it and we have this problem. So I'm not sure what these engines are so finicky about. I'm damn near ready to get a dual fuel one that runs off propane and/or regular unleaded.

Thank you! I cleaned everything but the jet in the bowl. Generator hasn't ran in 10 years and the old fuel evaporated and left sediment in there. Good as new.

Excellent 👌. Thank you

Good video thanks Dony. I wonder if fresh fuel alone would have done the trick?

Excellent information!

Thanks. This helped me solve my problem.

Another great video!.

Thanks ever soft spoken knowledgable Donyboy

Ask your guitar/string player friends for their old used strings. I've used them for years for cleaning carb jets. The 2 plain steel strings are useless, but the wound strings have are almost identical texture to the jet clearing tool in this video!

@adamb1671

Жыл бұрын

Great idea !

Going to try this tomorrow. Last thing i haven't done...

wow sir great job thks

Excellent!

Great job the idle jets are so small but you had the best job of making it a functional generator for the price of your knowledge

Great Video Donny✌, I, learn a lot from this one, dave missed out on this video,

Useful, thanks

Another great video. Thanks so much.

@donyboy73

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

don the master.. thank you don for sharing

Good one!

awesome video should hit 100k views ..thanks don

One thing worth noting is draining the carburetor if storing the generator, This can be done by turning the knob to almost the off position while it's running there is a small mark just before the off this will run the carburetor dry & stop a large amount of this type of issue. Old fuel is well known to block carbs if its been sat for long periods

Thank you so Much.. this video helped me, although it was a different brand and the setup was a tad bit different it still helped out tremendously. I watched other videos of my brand and none of them were as simply put as yours is. you got a subscriber for life

@donyboy73

Жыл бұрын

Great to hear!

Great Job!

Great job. Thanks!

@donyboy73

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Great job.

best video ever thank u

I drain the gas and put fresh gas in, and it sometimes does the trick to save on labor. I try that first because it's easy, before I go this route. Sometimes the jets arent clogged, the gas just is old and wont burn. My 2 cents

@buddyg1408

3 жыл бұрын

Me too 😊

Great video!

Nice work. You deserve to get lucky once in a while.

@donyboy73

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!