How To Break In A Portable Generator - The Right Way! 

That is probably very true! Thank you for watching 91MustangLX!

Very true. Thanks for watching Bob.

Absolutely. Thank you for watching Tom!

Very true. Thank you for the comment.

Thank you very much for watching Dustin!

VR1 is great oil👍🏻. Thanks for watching

Very true!

Any luck with getting yours running? I have two that I still need to fix.

I probably have around 50 hrs on it. It takes a couple pulls on a cold start but not too bad. It helps to shut off eco mode while staring it so it goes to high idle.

@@dana.6695 Thanks Dana

Very nice!

That is true

Thank you for watching!

Thank you very much Tim!

Thank you very much Paul and Sally!

Hopefully it will work well and be nice and dependable. Thank you for watching!

After having 2 of them I have concluded they are a POS. When I have a chance I will do more research into the issues.

@@MikesGarageRoute66 I agree, I own a Westinghouse iGen 4500 with a bad inverter board with 42 hours on it!

@@CT9905.crap, I bought one recently and just started the break in process. Did Westinghouse replace the board under warranty? Thanks

@@xincai951 No, the inverter board malfunctioned beyond Both warranty dates, Westinghouse and Home Depot at Forty-Two hours of use. I have since purchased a GenMax 6500 duel fuel.

About 2 years ago I had bought the I gen 2200c inverter generator and I was really happy with it it was extremely fuel efficient and would run quite a lot of things I was surprised I'm really impressed with it it also did not weigh much I ended up selling it because I wanted to use the money for something else although I wished I would have kept it as good of a generator as it was thinking about replacing it with this model because it has a couple of features that my other one did not have that would come in handy and I definitely so far like the Westinghouse brand Very good tips about breaking in that makes good sense on all that because a lot of people probably take a generator put their gas and oil in it start using a regularly right out of the box and you can't do that or shouldn't anyway until after break in

Yep it's important to break in the rings before the cross hatch pattern wears down the cylinders. The only way you can do that is with a load on the engine.

Apologies for the delay. Here is a link to the dipstick on Amazon. It is under 10 dollars. amzn.to/3y3Ocqv

Here is the one I used www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07WZDWK7T?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_image

That should be fine.

Here is the link Alberto. Thank you for watching. www.amazon.com/dp/B07WZDWK7T?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details

@@MikesGarageRoute66 Thanks so much!

An few hours should be good

The grit will occur from the piston rings seating against the crosshatch pattern on the cylinder walls.

Hi Paul, during the break-in I vary the load because that changes the rpm and engine temperature which is advantageous for breaking-in an engine. Thank you very much for watching!

@@MikesGarageRoute66 Thanks Mike - I'm just wondering how often and how much I should vary the load during the break in period.

@@1951pwaitzman On a race engine it’s often. On these I would try to simulate it with a electric heater connected as a load. It will click on and off with the thermostat built into the heater. I would keep it under 1500 watts.

Hi Rod, the issue is with the linkage itself. I will work on it once I move and get my shop setup. Thank you for watching!

Mike, love the video have the same issues. As soon as I turned from choke to run, it does. It restarts easy but it’s real rough…any advice

@@betaxi997 I am in the process of moving to a new house and haven't had much time to play with it. I have a theory on it though. When moving from choke to run I think it is killing the ignition. I need to hook up a NOID light to confirm. If that's the case then the linkage needs to be adjusted. I'll try to find some time to test it. Thanks for watching Chris!

The first one was bad and the second worked great. Amazon let me keep both. Next year I’ll fix the second one and parallel them.

@@MikesGarageRoute66 thanks for the reply. Good to know. Maybe I will pull the trigger on one. It looks like a well designed generator.

Did you buy the extended warranty from Amazon?

I recommend the pulsar generators. Mines been running great for almost 5 years and they seem to have more power than other ones. Cheaper too.

I will, but I have been in the process of moving cross country.

Good point and I probably should have. Thanks!

Thanks!

I'm curious how yours is now running. Both of mine die when I move it from choke to run. I still need to troubleshoot it further...

Mine still runs as good as always. Have you ran them with gas that contains ethanol? If so that could be your problem.@@MikesGarageRoute66

still runs like new after 25 hours.@@MikesGarageRoute66

The first generator has issues. The replacement runs perfectly. I need to fix the first one but I should have two good generators when it’s all said and done. Then I can parallel them. Thanks for watching Big Stick!

Apologies, been building my garage. I have one lift in and installing my second one. Lots of projects lined up.

My Apologies Ryan, I am in the process of moving so I haven't had a chance to.

@@MikesGarageRoute66Darn, I was hoping you had the magic answer. Well I appreciate you taking the time to respond.

@@ryanwexler8901 No problem. Thank you for watching Ryan!

Guess this hasn't been important enough for you to bother with a reply. Unsubscribing and moving on. I ended up selling that POS Westinghouse 3700ixltc for a fraction of what I paid (Westinghouse Outdoor Power equipment service was pathetic) and will never buy another Westinghouse POS again. Good luck with yours and your channel.

My apologies. A lot of things have gone on over the last year... I moved to NC, built a house, and now my dream garage. I'm still working on the garage and will get back to the generators at some point. Sorry you sold it at a loss. I have a feeling it's a collapsed fuel line but still need to look into it some more.

Yep and anything over 3k is just a ripoff unless it is ported. Those are really nice!

Nice!

That’s what they claim, but I’m still scratching my head on why so many are bad from the factory.

Good Point

Good catch!

This is true, but in the end neither generator I received were functional which was pretty sad. BTW I like the John Belushi icon.

How was customer service? Did you return both?​@@MikesGarageRoute66

What don’t you agree with? What would you do differently?