On Wed, 14 Mar 2018 14:11:29 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

True North

"Something doesn’t sound right. I’m thinking the carbs needle valve may have stuck flooding the engine, but it running for a while makes no sense. And changing out the gas every time you turn around seem ridiculous too.
Now that you’re home with it have you tried it? I’m wondering if it’s possible to have a defective coil that malfunctions when it’s warm. Whatever it is Don, I don’t think it’s on your end. I think it needs checked out under a load..."


I'll try the Honda tomorrow.....any problems and back it goes.
I re-visited the manual and it gives about 4 options depending on how often the unit will be used. I'll probably do the long term storage option of running the unit until it stops on Seafoam treated high octane gas and then using my hand pump to empty the tank, then using a drain plug on the carb bottom to remove any gas there.
Next I'll remove the spark plug to either spray the cylinder or put a couple teaspoons of oil in, then pulling the starter to distribute and loosely replace the spark plug. Illkeep a couple liters of treated high test on hand in a small jug..swapping that into the Highlander every month or so.

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Something tells me they got it runn No for s few second and shut it off. That’s no test. If they’re selling generators they should have the equipment to simulate a load for it and put it through the paces.

Don, I wouldn’t be surprised if it doesn’t screw up again...

On a generator like that a space heater or a hair dryer is a pretty
good dummy load. I used my oven to load up my 5.5 KW for the tests
Wayne and others wanted me to try (scope the wave form, compare
propane to gas performance etc)
That really runs it at close to full rated load.
A hair dryer or a space heater will be 1200w to 1440w from my
experience. (Do not believe those labels on hair dryers. They lie).
That should be enough to test a 2kw generator tho.