Engine & Performance

The 30-second answer: Ryobi generators (built for Techtronic Industries, sold at Home Depot) are budget-friendly small-engine units, and the problems […]

The 30-second answer: Cummins Onan generators are the standard in RVs and standby home units, and most complaints trace to

The 30-second answer: Kohler generators are mostly standby home units, so the failures skew electrical and control-board related rather than

The 30-second answer: Briggs & Stratton engines power a huge share of generators sold under other brand names, so the

The color of smoke coming from a generator’s exhaust tells you almost exactly what’s wrong before you touch a single

WEN generators are built as budget-friendly, entry-level units, and while the core troubleshooting steps match any small-engine generator, WEN’s specific

Firman generators (made by Sunrise Global Marketing, sold widely at Home Depot and Lowe’s) share a lot of common ground

A generator low oil pressure alarm means one of three things: the oil is actually low, the unit isn’t level

A generator that runs rough — stumbling, hunting, misfiring, or lacking power — has a fuel-air mixture problem in 80%

For most portable generators, replacing the carburetor beats rebuilding it — a complete replacement runs $15 to $30 and takes