While the world has gone insane, it's peaceful to visit Inside House Garage's beautiful massive yard and watch him repair a generator.

I want to say THANK YOU ,, THANK YOU for your video. A friend of mine has this exact Powermate and it hadn't run in 5 years. He told me if I could get it to run he would give me $100. I watched your video and did the cleaning of the carburetor and drained the tank of Yellow fuel. I messed with it for about 3 hours,, draining the tank and putting fresh fuel in and draining.. I did that twice, the inside of the tank was clean... I fired it up and it started and ran just fine. The only thing that was different on the one I worked on was at 1:20 of your video you put the power switch on the "O" and tried starting it... "O" is actually the OFF position on the one I am tinkering with. Other than that,, you saved the day... I'm sure I won't take my buddy's $100... we help each other out,, and besides if I ever need to borrow it... I will have it....

Well there you go. My main mistake was not running it for over a year. Now the power is out and I can't get the darn thing to start, and I'm definitely not at the level of fixing carburetors. Fortunately it's not too cold here.

Yamahas are definitely one of the rarer engines you can find on outdoor power equipment, I’ve only found one on a pressure washer

I keep mine in the garage. 2 1/2 years ago, I put nonethanol treated gas in it and ran it. I turned the fuel valve off and let it run till it died, then drained the bowl completely of gas. I checked the carb 6 months ago and it looked brand new. I then started it on the old gas and it ran just fine. I did the same shutdown procedure and put it back in my garage. I will be draining the tank, changing the oil, putting fresh fuel in before run it again.

I have the exact same generator. I've had it for about 5 years. Non ethanol only and it starts instantly every time. Has always been reliable, though it is loud

Aha! My neck of the woods!generators! Those old Yamahas are extremely reliable. They have cast iron cylinder sleeves and steel bearings. Very nice units. My eyes might be lying to me. Did you turn if off in the beginning? Awesome video.

Get an inverter generator. The neighbors will appreciate it.

1:19 I could've sworn it didn't run because you inadvertently turned the ignition off. 😆

I don't have a generator but Donyboy73 has one he has never used, while the engine is full of oil he keeps the fuel tank empty. Taryl Dactal is the same as he hasn't needed to.use his either !

I keep Fuel in my generator with stable I run it twice a month for 20 minutes each time I turn the fuel valve off and run the carburetor dry It always starts I've been doing it this way for 6 years now.

i like using a fuel stabiliser in them and no carburetor problems here and a lovely source of fuel protection too and it avoids going bad too

I keep mine in the garage. I use 93 octane with the appropriate amount of Seafoam in my gas can. I run it for about 30 minutes every other month and use an electric heater and some power tools as a load just to exercise it. I have a couple coworkers that huff and puff about how they’re not spending the money on higher octane fuel, Seafoam and exercising the generator. They’re also the ones that call me when their power is out and ask me to look at their generator because it’s not starting 😂. It’s only a couple of bucks extra for 10 gallons and easy insurance.

The last time I ran my generator was three years ago. I closed the fuel shut off valve and let the generator use up the fuel that was in the line, but I left the old fuel in the tank. Does this tank need to be rinsed out with fresh gas before I get it ready for hurricane season?

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Never run a generator without a load. Good to keep a couple 1500 watt space heaters and let it run minimum 15 minutes

How do you change the oil on this model and which do you use ? My father left one behind and I would like to service it myself ?

I had a generator suddenly stop running. And now it doesn't have spark. Everything else is good.

Are all carbs pretuned at the factory? Before selling then to the consumer

I hope you can answer this WHAT OIL DOES IT USEEE PLEASEEE

I used to have a Powermate generator I left it with gas in the tank with no stabilizer for 2 years and now it doesn't want to start I took it to a mechanic he clean the carburetor and it doesn't work I tried it then the pull cord broke