Re: Onan 6.5 NH Generator: Not always turning over....

TODD wrote:
Hi:

I had previously posted here about some trouble with my Onan 6.5NH.
When I bought it, I couldn't get it to turn over but on a recent warm
day I gave it a try and had it running in no time!

Alan Robinson posted some great info and I was able to get it going.

So that's the good news.

The bad news, is that since then, I've had very mixed success with
getting it running. Mostly having to do with getting it to turn
over. I have been charging/desulphating my battery bank and they are
as strong as ever, so I don't think that is the problem.

When I push the start button on the console (at the gennie) it always
gives that "click" sound, but does not always turn the motor over. So
I'll keep pushing and every once in a while it will start turning over
and I'll grab the throttle and open it and then it catches and starts
running.

But more often than not, it is not turning over.

Any ideas?

Also, the manual says that the throttle should open on startup and
mine is not. Once running though, the governor seems to work OK......

Thanks!

Sounds like a corroded connection. Measure the voltage at the genset starter
terminal and see if it's the same as the voltage at the battery terminal.

--
Frank Howell


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