Everything was telling me dirty carb but I was thinking spoiled food. I had to fill my gas can anyway and at the last moment decided to fill er up with premium and some added Stable. And that worked!
Smooth running for the rest of the day. Voltage constant at 122vac, thanks in part to an octane boost!
Change your Oil! (Neglect is a generator killer.)
I had a similar experience with my old car. It has 204,000 plus miles and for a long time the valves have made a bit of racket, either that or pinging.
I always use 87 octane but once decided to try the 93. It seemed to make a difference. Since then I have definitely been able to tell. I finally learned that it will do OK if I just use the 93 octane about every third fill up.
I usually fill before it gets down more than 7 or 8 gallons.
Good info, thanks. I put a Tri-Fuel kit on ours and now it runs on natural gas. I have a manual transfer switch installed and can run pretty much the entire house on an 8KW units.
Best,
L
My gas cans for lawn stuff double as my generator gas in case of a power outage. When I fill those cans, it’s always premium with a double dose of marine Sta-Bil, which is said to offset the ethanol better than regular Sta-Bil.
The additional cost is peanuts, compared to the cost of stuff not working when you need it.
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You probably conquered the “Knock sensor” in the generator by giving it higher octane fuel.
The sensors apply more current to a solenoid that backs off the throttle. (This is only on the ‘high end’ generators.)