when it warms up going to take the plastic shroud off the Champion inverter generator so I can get to carburetor and squirt
some gas into the carb. New squirter bottle up on shelf gathering dust, time to use it.
This unit has had nothing but E0 in it, and dosed with Sea Foam since new. Has no more than 4 hours on it.
Aggravating they can't make these small carburetors more reliable. After rebuilding the four tiny carburetors in a Yamaha 70 outboard twice,
I gave up and bought a new fuel injected version.
Only FI small gen I know is the Honda with an entry price of 4500 bucks for their top of the line inverter model. That's too much for most of us.
Particularly since usually I just loan them out having the automatic gen on the house.
funny, my open frame Westinghouse 7500 gen with electric start always starts. Same maintenance. Chonda 420cc.
I wonder if some types of carbs are less likely to plug by design or perhaps the electrical system has more juice to it.
Compare a carb off a 40 year old Briggs to a modern carb, honey they've shrunk everything. Including orifices apparently.
d - do you store that Champion wet or dry ? (Meaning carb bowl full of fuel, or run-out). Just curious..... examples on here of both working.
Does it have just a basic manual petcock on it, or does it have a vacuum line going to the valve as well ? (My street bike has a vacuum controlled one, and it does take some extra cranking @ first start in Spring to get the gas moving).
Yes, between fuel formulation and "improved" carb design, it does seem to be getting worse. I posted a Winter or two back about talking with a retired diesel mechanic..... he was helping his neighbour by overhauling their ONE year old snowblower carb - plugged solid with white deposits.
Not saying Seafoam is a bad stabilizer (haven't done controlled tests), but I tend to use it more as an occasional cleaning booster.
You are in a high humidity zone I believe, Marine Stabil (blue stuff) might help. I do like their 360 formulation, as it's described as addressing the problem
above the fuel line. I like the idea of that type of corrosion control (metal tanks, where do they rust on the inside ?) in general, but also like to think that it may help with the "white deposit" formation elsewhere.
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Christmas Wishing you a speedy recovery on that Champion......
Rgds, D.
