20 Most Recent Honda 3000 Watt Portable Generator - Page 4 Questions & Answers

if your battery is discharged it will get charged when the genny will start try to start through the recoil starter pulling the rope and check your engine oil level before starting

Governer is an instrument which controls the speed of the engine it is connected to the throttle of the carb just check if it is not stuck somewhere or if it requires adgustment or check your stepper moter as well

you are overloading the generator as per its power out put specifications

if no power on the plugs check for the cercuit breaker fuses and check for your load why it is tripping the circuit breaker the unit sbould not be overloaded

check or replace the carburetor diaphragm.

Have you tried cleaning the air filter first. One of the most common reasons for engines not to idle.

You can modify the Exhaust by having a "muffler shop" cut the muffler input tube so that the exhaust port connection remains in place. Then have them add an extension of the pipe to relocate and mount the muffler in a location not sensitive to heat. Try not to go more than 6 feet as the longer the exhaust tubing the more exhaust pressure you will have. Keeping the distance under 6 ft should not impede the operation of the generator. The difficulty with your situation is that you still need the generator to be able to be moved on the raiils without a rigid pipe preventing you from doing so. Additionally you do not want the newly fabricated exhaust pipe close to the gas tank. No matter where you have it relocated to.... your going to have the heat issue to deal with. I do NOT know of any aftermarket modfications for ths Generator that would just bolt on It will have to be fabricated It just sounds to me like this is an adaptation to the RV that was on on the manufactureres list of RV AC Power options.

Thanks,
Kelly

I'm not sure if you can get just the float. I didn't find a listing for it. The complete carb is the way I would go. Keep the old one for parts.

The carb is probably dirty. Remove the carb from the generator and then remove the bowl. If there are signs of corrosion then it will need to be dissassembled and cleaned. This is not a difficult job if you have the proper equipment and tools. If not, you might consider purchasing a replacement for about $65. The part number is 16100-ZL0-D64.

You might have a bad spark plug or plug wire. I know this may sound silly but make sure the unit is full of oil. It has a low oil shutdown that will kill the ignition. You might check the wiring and make sure that it is all connected. Especially the wires going to the ignition switch. These are great generators. Good luck.

The problem you describe points toward a badly needed carburetor rebuild. Generators are probably the one machine where this is the most common because they sit for long periods of time, unused, with fuel in them; NOT good. The reason fuel continually pours out is because the needle valve is stuck in the OPEN position.

What has probably happened is after sitting for a long period of time, the fuel has turned to varnish. This destroys some of the internal parts of the carburetor, such as the rubber gasket around the float bowl and the needle valve & seat.

One other thing that you must check when you have it apart is the float. If you shake the float and you hear liquid sloshing around in it, you will need to replace it as well. If you don't hear anything, you are good.

You will need to find the model number to your motor and call your local parts store for a Carburetor Rebuild Kit. While you have the parts store on the phone, ask them if they can dip yor carburetor in Carb. Dip (Acid) to remove the varnish deposits. Most will do this for you for a very mall fee. They may even do it for FREE.

This will solve the problem.

Good Luck!

Jim