onan 3 cyl generator '90wlsp36

[Henry Jay Hannigan]

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "williamcharrison"
wrote:
>
> Help,
> I just returned from an extended business trip and went to start
> the generator on my bird (which was running fine when I left) and
it
> will start and immediately shut down. For the short time it runs
it
> blows lots of black smoke. The air cleaner is brand new and
> unobstructed. I can keep it running by manually pulling back on
the
> lever attached to the stop solenoid. Other items noticed are the
> oil pressure and temp gauges which appeared to be pegged (before I
> tried to start it the first time).
>
Same thing happened to me once ..turned out just simple problem
of ..swithches on generator..one was tripped off...i wasted a lot of
time until I checked them...sometimes we look for a major problem
and it turns out to be a simple fix on our birds.
Regards,
Hank Hannigan
90SP36