DON'T DO THIS TO YOUR GENERATOR | Firman Generator Maintenance
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- Опубліковано 12 сер 2023
- In today's video we will fix a funny and simple mistake from very light use on this Firman generator.
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I have the same model generator. We normally only use propane. Last summer I tested the night before but battery inside generator was dead. Charged battery for two hours using Firmans included charger. This past winter (we are in Boise Idaho) I kept charger going until May, off and on. Disconnected and tried it a few days later, and started great on propane.
About ten days later, we took it on boondock camping trip. Would not start. Drove it out to phone coverage area, talked with Firman. and tried several things.Verify procedure, replace spark plug. Finally bought gallon of gas and went back to campsite. Started right up on gas with pull cord. Ran through that. When it shut off, I chose to try propane again.worked fine.
At home firman sent a new battery. Swapped batteries. Old battery read 12.9 volts, new only 12.
With new battery, worked great on propane.
Old battery had significant crack. ouch.
Our generator was a week or so before end of 3 year warranty. They sent battery quickly, free under warranty. They also sent new charger just to be sure, again free. Bought unit at Costco and Costco contacted Firman to confirm purchase date and to help get it fixed up
From now on we'll take 1-2 gallons of gas on such trips. I still prefer using propane, but gas as backup is very valuable, since pull starts are fine with gas but not .
Same story for stale gasoline. Amazing how draining everything and replacing it with fresh gas , works miracles.
Thank your buddy for his screw up I learned something from it. 👍
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I like to think im a trend setter ;) thanks for watching!
Being a mechanic all my life your are never to old to learn something. I have the big brother to this generator tri fuel, and I did not know there was a carb drain on it. I shall look if so I thank you for this information. Hopefully it will never have to run on gas. It is hooked up to a 100 gallon propane tank for emergency use only.
About 5 days ago, up here above Crescent City, CA. a fire crew service vehicle cross contaminated 42 firefighting vehicles, "Both Ways"! What a mess. I think we will have a new greeter at the local Walmart next week.
Kool, U got them running
I knew a lady, who travels in an RV. All her vehicles were gas. Her new RV was a diesel. That’s not the problem. She was parked, at an RV park, she went to hook up to her water spigot, and put water in her fresh tank. When she put the water in her fuel tank instead. Luckily she noticed what she did, before she started the RV. But she had just spent $380.00 for fuel earlier that day, and she had to toss all of it. Just to be safe.
So he did it first to your generator and the his own? That doesn’t sound like just one of those days lol
He did it to them both at the same time…lol
@@theconnectedcamper lol ok that makes more sense.
Looking forward to more videos! I’d love to see run times on propane and even realistic run times like a 24 hours day use.
@@theconnectedcamper dear lord
What if you bought this generator 3rd week of August, used it that weekend & just tried to use it again now & it won't start?
We put Ethanol free gas in ours... we don't use diesel fuel. That's awesome you got it working.
Thank you!
Bought a lawnmower that wouldn't start. A quantum Briggs and Stratton Murray lawnmower for 25 bucks at a pawnshop. Same thing. Someone filled the tank with diesel. Regularly the lawnmower would have been $150. Drained the diesel from the tank and carburetor and boom it ran again.
I drove a VW Diesel Jetta for a number of years. I filled it with Gas not once, but twice.
Did u had to drain the gas ?
@@james18450 Yes, the tank was dropped and drained both times.
I feel him
Thanks for the video. I screen printed and laminated the shot of the carb draining hose and screw for future reference. Question... do you know why there is that "wake up the battery" button" as you refer to it ? I've had my generator for a few years now and have always been curious as to what is the point of that step in the starting procedure. Thanks.
I don’t entirely understand the battery wake up function. It doesn’t do much for mine as my battery dies if it’s not on the tender. Thanks for watching :)
I own the same generator, never put diesel fuel in it but it will run for 5 minutes and then die and won't resart. Hook up propane and it fires right up and stays running. Figured out that if you loosen the gas cap it will run fine on gasoline with no issues. Called Firman and they sent me a new gas cap figuring the vent wasn't working properly but still have the same problem. I just leave it loose all the time.
Found this comment, mine wouldn't fire up until I loosened the cap as well... have u had any problems running it like this??
@adamdominguez7470 I haven't had any issues running it this way. Still works fine, just have to loosen the gas cap half a turn or so. Haven't looked into the issue any further just cause it hasn't caused problems otherwise.
Mine was used once on the initial startup and ran great. Three months later and it won't turnover. But will run on propane. And I definitely didn't fill it with diesel fuel
I’m guessing your carb has some gunk in it. Propane doesn’t have to flow through the carb. I would find your favorite small engine place and have them clean the carb or fine a replacement on Amazon. Thanks for watching! :)
Same thing happened to mine & I used Ethanol free. I bought for the 3rd weekend in August for the Bow Hunt in Utah. Tried running it today & It doesn't work?
My Champion worked better than this. Had that for three years & used all types of gas. Now it will start fine, but has very little power... only enough to run the microwave for 5-12 seconds with every other thing turned off, even the lights.
Thought this Costco generator was going to be the Golden Ticket, 😁
Better diesel in a petrol tank than petrol in a diesel tank.
We all have those days.
100%
In mode gas can you stop the engine by closing the gas line like unclosed frame generator with this one?
This one does not have a fuel shutoff valve unfortunately. That is one thing I would have liked to see, but when I store it I do make sure the fuel is empty :) thanks for watching :)
@@theconnectedcamper
Merci pour votre réponse...
I have the same generator. It's leaking oil from the drain plug. There's a hole in the middle of the plastic drain plug and it's leaking from there until it becomes empty very frustrating.
Oh that’s no good! Reach out to firman support and let them know the problem. They have been great to work with!
They should have installed a factory fuel cut off valve.
When you switch it to propane it will cut off the gas and thus the charb will drain of the gas when you run it on propane.
I wonder WHERE it cuts off the gas, at the tank or carb? @@kayak_1
Chain your buddy to the generator and have him clean it out.
😂😂
:58 "Close" the choke. 🙃 Incidentally, diesel fuel won't hurt the engine, not need for the cleaner. Just suck out the diesel, and then add the gasoline.
If I had done that to your generator I would have bought it from you.
Oppsy,,,
you need a different buddy if he was stupid enough to do it twice....