I have a promate petrol emergency generator that is no good for emergency's as the petrol seems to go off after a while, this means keeping the tank drained and getting fresh petrol from the filling station every time we need to use it, kinda defeat's the purpose of having it, easier to just go to a beach resort for the day ! The only time i ever use it nowadays is to stop our freezer defrosting if the wonderful people at NORECO can answer the phone and tell us it's going to be a long power cut. The last time i went to use it was Friday and that was only about 6 weeks since the last time i used it, guess what, no start. Has anyone else experienced this problem ? I find it weird as when i lived in the UK i sometimes worked away from home for months but as long as the battery was not flat my car would always start on my return. Are they putting something into or taking something out of the petrol here ?
We used to have the same problem,it was usually the carb which was gunked up so stuck an online filter on fuel hose. Also we now also shut genny off via fuel valve and let it stop when it runs out of fuel in the carb and not the stop button,solved all the issues. We just use fuel from the local Petron stn.
I Also let the fuel run out, never have a problem yet , we have a genset that uses premium fuel that may help. starting each week for 5 minutes also helps
There are different fuel stabilizers available, I run my genny for 20 mins a week, then shut off the fuel and let it run the carb dry. Never had a restart problem but imho running it weekly for the price of 1/4 liter of gas is the best chance you have of it working when needed....
I think the tribe has spoken on this one. If you let the carb run dry, it may leave a film but not enough is left to form sludge. When petrol evaporates it leaves behind all the garbage that you didn't really want in the first place but is acceptable if you are using it very soon. Alcohol in fuel is bad also, causes corrosion lowers fuel efficiency, makes fuel more expensive and on and on.
I think it's related if not exactly on topic. If you have a generator that runs on propane, butane, gasul, whatever you want to feed it other than liquid fuel, they are generally low maintenance and much more reliable but they cost more. If I had a generator already I wouldn't switch but if you had to buy a replacement, I would consider it if for no other reason, when you need it, it needs to work and work now.
