Starting Problems

A generator that runs for a few minutes, dies, then restarts after a rest looks like a carburetor problem, but

A small plug on the bottom of the carburetor bowl can make a perfectly clean carburetor act like a dirty

When a fresh spark plug still gives you weak or no spark, the ignition coil is the next thing to

A generator that starts fine cold but refuses to restart when hot points to a short list of heat-related causes.

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