Same story for stale gasoline. Amazing how draining everything and replacing it with fresh gas , works miracles.

Thank your buddy for his screw up I learned something from it. 👍

Being a mechanic all my life your are never to old to learn something. I have the big brother to this generator tri fuel, and I did not know there was a carb drain on it. I shall look if so I thank you for this information. Hopefully it will never have to run on gas. It is hooked up to a 100 gallon propane tank for emergency use only.

About 5 days ago, up here above Crescent City, CA. a fire crew service vehicle cross contaminated 42 firefighting vehicles, "Both Ways"! What a mess. I think we will have a new greeter at the local Walmart next week.

Those sox and sandals are a real fashion statement! It's gunna go viral. Soon everyone will be wearing them 😂.

Kool, U got them running

I have the same model generator. We normally only use propane. Last summer I tested the night before but battery inside generator was dead. Charged battery for two hours using Firmans included charger. This past winter (we are in Boise Idaho) I kept charger going until May, off and on. Disconnected and tried it a few days later, and started great on propane. About ten days later, we took it on boondock camping trip. Would not start. Drove it out to phone coverage area, talked with Firman. and tried several things.Verify procedure, replace spark plug. Finally bought gallon of gas and went back to campsite. Started right up on gas with pull cord. Ran through that. When it shut off, I chose to try propane again.worked fine. At home firman sent a new battery. Swapped batteries. Old battery read 12.9 volts, new only 12. With new battery, worked great on propane. Old battery had significant crack. ouch. Our generator was a week or so before end of 3 year warranty. They sent battery quickly, free under warranty. They also sent new charger just to be sure, again free. Bought unit at Costco and Costco contacted Firman to confirm purchase date and to help get it fixed up From now on we'll take 1-2 gallons of gas on such trips. I still prefer using propane, but gas as backup is very valuable, since pull starts are fine with gas but not .

I knew a lady, who travels in an RV. All her vehicles were gas. Her new RV was a diesel. That’s not the problem. She was parked, at an RV park, she went to hook up to her water spigot, and put water in her fresh tank. When she put the water in her fuel tank instead. Luckily she noticed what she did, before she started the RV. But she had just spent $380.00 for fuel earlier that day, and she had to toss all of it. Just to be safe.

What if you bought this generator 3rd week of August, used it that weekend & just tried to use it again now & it won't start? We put Ethanol free gas in ours... we don't use diesel fuel. That's awesome you got it working.

Thank you!

Hi Cody, Have you ever make parallel for firman generator? Parallel outlet on it does not show which is negative and positive and both of them are black.

I drove a VW Diesel Jetta for a number of years. I filled it with Gas not once, but twice.

Bought a lawnmower that wouldn't start. A quantum Briggs and Stratton Murray lawnmower for 25 bucks at a pawnshop. Same thing. Someone filled the tank with diesel. Regularly the lawnmower would have been $150. Drained the diesel from the tank and carburetor and boom it ran again.

I own the same generator, never put diesel fuel in it but it will run for 5 minutes and then die and won't resart. Hook up propane and it fires right up and stays running. Figured out that if you loosen the gas cap it will run fine on gasoline with no issues. Called Firman and they sent me a new gas cap figuring the vent wasn't working properly but still have the same problem. I just leave it loose all the time.

Mine was used once on the initial startup and ran great. Three months later and it won't turnover. But will run on propane. And I definitely didn't fill it with diesel fuel

So he did it first to your generator and the his own? That doesn’t sound like just one of those days lol

Thanks for the video. I screen printed and laminated the shot of the carb draining hose and screw for future reference. Question... do you know why there is that "wake up the battery" button" as you refer to it ? I've had my generator for a few years now and have always been curious as to what is the point of that step in the starting procedure. Thanks.

Better diesel in a petrol tank than petrol in a diesel tank.

I feel him

I have the same generator. It's leaking oil from the drain plug. There's a hole in the middle of the plastic drain plug and it's leaking from there until it becomes empty very frustrating.

In mode gas can you stop the engine by closing the gas line like unclosed frame generator with this one?

They should have installed a factory fuel cut off valve.

:58 "Close" the choke. 🙃 Incidentally, diesel fuel won't hurt the engine, not need for the cleaner. Just suck out the diesel, and then add the gasoline.

Chain your buddy to the generator and have him clean it out.

If I had done that to your generator I would have bought it from you.

We all have those days.

Oppsy,,,

you need a different buddy if he was stupid enough to do it twice....