We have a neighbor with a Honda EM7000is inverter, 17 hours on the odometer (LED panel), stored for about 4 months with fuel and it will not start.
Here is what I did.
Drained the tank, about 1 gallon of fuel.
Filled a new 5 Gal container with 92 octane (not ethanol free) fuel from Chevron and treated it with 1 oz of Mechanic in a Bottle (per MIB directions).
Filled about 1 gallon and used a fresh battery (also cranked manually) to attempt re-start about 4 or 5 times.
Removed sparkplug, examined it, looks like brand new (should be with just 17 hours).
Drained the tank again and re-filled with about 1 gallon.
Tried both manual and battery assisted start, will not fire.
Normally this thing starts up within 3 to 4 seconds as I have started it up previously for neighbor and I saw it run last time in Feb 2016, ran just fine.
I was traveling and dealing with funerals so did not keep up with my monthly visits to ensure all small machines are running.
The carburator does not have an easy access center plug but the drain line (drain plug on bottom side has a tube line for draining fuel) is below the carb bottom plug and re-filled fuel is clear as I have now drained it a couple times.
Have not done this but what if I remove the air filter cover on bottom and attempt to spray something like ether/WD40/something else ? It does not an adjustable Choke as I think these models use an automatic Choke. This is not the Fuel Injected new model but about 5 years old and always stored dry, that is, until now.
Suggestions ?
Here is what I did.
Drained the tank, about 1 gallon of fuel.
Filled a new 5 Gal container with 92 octane (not ethanol free) fuel from Chevron and treated it with 1 oz of Mechanic in a Bottle (per MIB directions).
Filled about 1 gallon and used a fresh battery (also cranked manually) to attempt re-start about 4 or 5 times.
Removed sparkplug, examined it, looks like brand new (should be with just 17 hours).
Drained the tank again and re-filled with about 1 gallon.
Tried both manual and battery assisted start, will not fire.
Normally this thing starts up within 3 to 4 seconds as I have started it up previously for neighbor and I saw it run last time in Feb 2016, ran just fine.
I was traveling and dealing with funerals so did not keep up with my monthly visits to ensure all small machines are running.
The carburator does not have an easy access center plug but the drain line (drain plug on bottom side has a tube line for draining fuel) is below the carb bottom plug and re-filled fuel is clear as I have now drained it a couple times.
Have not done this but what if I remove the air filter cover on bottom and attempt to spray something like ether/WD40/something else ? It does not an adjustable Choke as I think these models use an automatic Choke. This is not the Fuel Injected new model but about 5 years old and always stored dry, that is, until now.
Suggestions ?
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