I have a Dayton standby generator about 35 years old. It had its spark plugs changed for the first time about 3 years ago. The plugs were pretty clean still at that time. It had had a bunch of starting problems re!ated to the sensors and bad teeth in the starter motor gears. After those were fixed, and it took several tries, over 2 years, it was auto starting fine most of the time, but sometimes it would start up, die and have to restart once or twice. Yesterday generator tech changed the plugs and one was dirty. Both were gapped correctly. What if anything does one dirty plug say about engine? It runs well once started.
Going to replace with a larger generator, but don't want to sell old one to some unsuspecting soul if it is on its last leg so to speak. If it were a diesel I'd say it needed a fuel filter change, but being propane it doesn't have one. I was told when I got it that it wouldn't need new spark plugs often because propane ran so clean.
Comments? It has been a great generator. .
Going to replace with a larger generator, but don't want to sell old one to some unsuspecting soul if it is on its last leg so to speak. If it were a diesel I'd say it needed a fuel filter change, but being propane it doesn't have one. I was told when I got it that it wouldn't need new spark plugs often because propane ran so clean.
Comments? It has been a great generator. .