Starting Problems

Dual-fuel generators are a great idea — gasoline when you have it, clean-storing propane when you do not. But I […]

Not every generator has a fuel pump, and that trips people up. If your tank sits above the carburetor, gravity

Yamaha builds some of the best small generators money can buy — the EF2000iS and its cousins are the machines

The first time a generator would not shut off on me, I was standing in a customer’s driveway at the

A standby generator that sits fine during its weekly exercise cycle but won’t actually start when the power goes out

If your generator cranks strong but won’t start — or started fine and then died and won’t restart after a

A recoil starter that won’t retract, feels loose, or lets the handle snap back hard almost always comes down to

A generator that won’t start in cold weather almost always needs one of three things: choke fully closed (not halfway),

A flooded generator engine has too much raw fuel in the cylinder — the plug is soaked and can’t fire.

When a generator won’t start after sitting for months, it’s stale fuel until proven otherwise. Crack the drain screw on