Generator help please......

Wade_Owens · 06-08-2011, 07:52 PM

I'm pulling what little hair I have left out over this generator. It is a Kipor 6000thi namebrand. After choking it while cranking, it will start and chug for a moment, then will clean up and run fine. If you have to shut it off for refueling, it will not restart. Cranks over fine, choke, no choke whatever, wont start. Have to prime with a thinner type fluid, sometimes it will start then, some times not. Next day, choke as before and it will start with the same results later. Carb vents are on correctly and the bowl is full of fuel when it wont start. Taking the air box loose or removing the filter does nothing to help. The engine is supposed to be the same as an Onan. It looks and sound identical, too. ANY help is appreciated or if you know a guru, please ask him if I could call him. The RV place where I bought it is out of business and I didnt get any sort of "manual" with it.

Thanks, Wade

06-08-2011, 07:52 PM	#1
Wade_Owens Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 578 Likes: 0 Liked 3 Times in 1 Post	Generator help please...... I'm pulling what little hair I have left out over this generator. It is a Kipor 6000thi namebrand. After choking it while cranking, it will start and chug for a moment, then will clean up and run fine. If you have to shut it off for refueling, it will not restart. Cranks over fine, choke, no choke whatever, wont start. Have to prime with a thinner type fluid, sometimes it will start then, some times not. Next day, choke as before and it will start with the same results later. Carb vents are on correctly and the bowl is full of fuel when it wont start. Taking the air box loose or removing the filter does nothing to help. The engine is supposed to be the same as an Onan. It looks and sound identical, too. ANY help is appreciated or if you know a guru, please ask him if I could call him. The RV place where I bought it is out of business and I didnt get any sort of "manual" with it. Thanks, Wade