Brand new Generac generator and it won't start
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Comments (5)skane; please give us a break on the Husky commercials. This problem has nothing to do with Lawn-Boy or Toro - it's something about that batch of B&S engines, which have been known as solid performers since the first power mowers. I think anyone with one of the 'Insight' mowers (which Toro is phasing out of Lawn-Boy and painting red) has a solid mower. These new LB models Toro has put in Home Depot are about as cheap as a decent mower can be, even though they incorporate features of the LB 'Insight' and the Toro 'Recycler'. With the usually reliable B&S engine, they should sell very well for Toro. I cannot imagine what is happening with the B&S engines. lb2009; if you haven't already taken it back, review the owner's manual for starting procedures and see if you're not doing something. These new B&S engines are supposed to have an automatic choke, so there's no manual choke or primer. My guess is there's an adjustment problem with that cold-enrichment system....See MoreNew Toro won't start
Comments (3)Was it Brand new? Never run before? Just buy it and brought it home? In your haste to use it, did you just tear off all of the tags, pour gas in the tank, start it up, and went to mow? (And, didn't put oil in the engine?) HMMM?? Those mowers are usually shipped without oil in the engines, and if you didn't read the tags and instructions, it might be one of them! TSK, TSK, TSK! The reason i say this is: I was given a brand new self-propelled Southland mower, by a friend who owns a store that sells everything. He said he sold it, and the buyer brought it back, saying the oil looked "Watery", and it had only run a short time, and then stopped. Of course, all of the tags were torn off by the buyer. And, in that bunch of tags were the instructions to put oil in the engine before starting it! And, my friend said under the law, he couldn't sell it again, not knowing what the trouble was. So, i got it! I took it home, put in the right amount of engine oil, started it up and it ran fine! I asked my store friend if he wanted it back, but he said no. So, i sold it to a man, who used it for nigh on to 10 years or so, and he gave it back to me for free, since i had always serviced it at a fair price!...See MoreSecond New Husky chain saw won't start. Better brand to buy?
Comments (3)Certain models seems to be initially hard starting 440 maybe one.. I don't like the start switch setup, supposeable when you pull the choke out it flips the switch to the start mood. I guessing it probably was flooded. I would Try it again in the morning but only push the primer bulb once twice at most, choke on, two pull then choke off. two pulls see if that does anything. If you can get it to run I'm sure you will be satified with the preformance. But sounds like you are determined to take it back and I don't blame you. Nothing more aggrevating to get something new and it don't work. I've got 345 and it will slice right through oak with little effort. It has never been hard starting, never boggs, and easy on gas. with the forced air induction system sounds like it's turbo charged....See Moregenerac generators
Comments (17)Recomended oil change frequency is 150hrs or annually. Its had 2 changes already as its 3 years old. I will change it this weekend if the power does not come back. The recomended oil is Full Synthetic 5W30. I called Generac and asked about using Shell Rotella Synthetic 5W40 as we already use it in most everything else and they agreed it was a very good fit in the Houston climate. So that's what it runs. I overstated the engine's oil usage. In a week of run time I have used less than 1/2 gal topping off every day so its not a pint a day, more like 8oz. Still far less than my Onan 6.5KW Emerald on the RV uses. You are also mistaken about the zinc (ZDDP) additive content of synthetic oils. The formulations are different for various blends, has nothing to do with synthetic or conventional. And FYI, Shell Rotella Synthetic has 1200PPM of ZDDP in its formulation. The Onan gen set has well over 2000 hrs on it running this oil so its not a problem for air cooled engines, quite the opposite, its a recomended application. Also, its very hard to compare oil consumption for natural gas engines to gasoline ones due to the very different types of contamination and lack of oil dilution in NG applications. I also went and read the article posted above on the other generac problem. I don't doubt the guy in the article had a blown generator stator winding, but it was not a result of insufficient air flow through or around the generator. I have the same 15kw air cooled model he has and was VERY concerned after reading the article. Went home last night and spent some time really looking over the cooling flow design. First, the generator does not share a compartment with either the muffler or the exhaust pipe. Second all the air that the intake fan on the engine end draws into the enclosure and across the cylinder heads is forced THROUGH the generator housing and out a cooling air port just behind the stator bearing carrier. There is also a discharge air fan in that compartment that helps to draw air through the generator housing, all the air from the engine fan plus additional air from the front air intake vents near the battery compartment. Then the exhaust is blown into the hot air just before it is blown out of the enclosure. Pretty slick design resulting in LOTS of air flow for both engine and generator and a engine oil cooler. Lastly, several articles speaking on the air cooled gen sets report that the generators used incorporate sleeve type bearings. This is not true. The generator only has one bearing and its a true roller bearing. The engine bearings are pressurized oil sleeve bearings like in automotive engine applications. Thanks to this conversation sparking a bit of research on just what I have sitting next to my house, I feel much better about the unit's design....See Moreandyma_gw
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