I have a Baldor 6000W generator with a gx340 11hp engine. I have drained the tank and carb and put new gas and sea foam in it. Also I have replaced the spark plug and fuel filter. The engine will start/run as long a I spray starting fluid in the carb. But it will not continue to run without it. Also I just checked the oil level and that is good. Please help!!!

Are you getting spark?
Stabilizer only goes so far. If th es carb is clogged (common if you used gas with Ethanol), try adding 2 oz per gal of Sea Foam. Work the gas / Sea Foam mix into the carb and let sit for a couple of days. If the clog still doesn't break down, you will need to pull the carb and do a thorough cleaning. (Common with these small engines as they have very small jets and orifices).

clean carb jets out with a wire and gumout spray maybe a needle to clean small generators jets

carb might be leaking fuel into the crankcase and thinning out the oil.

It's probably a poor gas mixture. Drain the old gas out of carb reservoir and tank and replace with fresh gas. You may need to add conditioner like sea foam to help clean & condition carb.

try to turn out high screw on carb half turn if not work try one turn if die put screw were it was restart look for water in gas if dump gas clean carb bowl put in fresh gas new gas try starting if still doing tkea some fuel additive sea foam put that in the gas follow instrutions on can carb should run better will take 2 tank fulls of gas for it to work if that dosnt help rebuild carb

it sounds like your carb is gummed up. You can TRY something called SEA FOAM (you can get it from Napa), you put it in your gas tank. It's the poor man's tune-up. Otherwise, you can get some spray carb cleaner and pull off your air cleaner and spray it in there. Hope that helps.

yes get a rag wipe off all the fuel . blow dry all inculding the muffler and spark plug make sure your getting spark if you are spray a small shot in the spark plug hole of starting fluid tighten plug if it fires drain fuel tank remove intank filter put in fresh fuel i get some Sea Foam you can get it a walmart or autozone meijers it made for 2 cyle and 4 cyle engines pour sone about 1/4 cup in the emptyas tank try to prime and see if starts if so put in 1/2 cup of sea faom in 1 gal of new fuel and oil get a new gas tank filter there about $5 check wlamart replace when brush cutter gets running find a way to secure it remove the blade or disengage it and make it run maybe almost full choke then less and less but after it runing take it out and run it good and make it work . ( I winterize my lawn equipt with 5gals of 89 octane full i can of 104 octane booster and 2 cups of charcoal lighter fluid ( it kenosee and the fuel would break down or put 1/4 cup in a empty mower start it for 1 minute and leave it you put in fresh gas next summer it has the charcoal or sea foam as a carb cleaner for the season . i put sea foam or lighter fliud in my fuel all yr as ethonel breaks down in 25days

Hi Johnny,
I think the heart of your problem lies with the ethanol content in today's gas. It has at the very least 10%. The problem with gas containing ethanol, it only has a shelf life of about 30 days. What happens is the ethanol absorbs water from moisture in the air. The ethanol and water bond together and have a higher density than the petroleum based gas on top. It is exactly like oil floating on water. When this happens the octane rating of your gas drops dramatically, that's problem number one. Problem number 2, let's say your generator has a 10 gallon tank. Each gallon containing 10% ethanol, 1/10th of a gallon times 10. After about a month or two in a humid area you have a full gallon of water and ethanol sitting on the bottom of your tank. The best generator in the world will not run properly with this garbage sitting at the bottom. Problem number 3 ethanol is a strong solvent, it will deteriorate your fuel line. It will gum up the inside and make the exterior brittle. I would strongly suggest that you replace the fuel line with Tygon or any other ethanol safe fuel line and replace or install an inline fuel filter.Check out the website pure-gas.org to see if ethanol free gas is available in your area. Here are two products that I strongly recommend Sea Foam and Sea Foam Deep Creep. I would completely drain the tank on your generator, install the new fuel line, spray a liberal amount of Deep Creep into the fuel line and let it sit for about an hour. Then drain the fuel bowl, fill the fuel line again with Deep Creep and let it sit for a little while. With the fuel bowl off, you should be able to lift the float and have smooth action with the float pin, no sticking the Deep Creep should flow smoothly when the float is lifted, after this is done re-assemble the carburetor and attach the fuel line to the tank. Add enough gas to run the generator for about 20 minutes and then use the Sea Foam. I have had stunning results from Sea Foam, I am not affiliated with this product it just works great and that is why I recommend it so strongly. Try to get the spray can of Sea Foam because that will be the easiest way to get it into the carburetor while it is running. Bring the generator outdoors after you have added a little gas to the tank remove the air filter from the carburetor and start the engine. Spray the Sea Foam directly into the carburetor, do not spray so much that it stalls the engine. After a spray or two you will get a feel for how much you can spray without stalling. Now the fun begins. Sea Foam removes carbon fouling from the engine and cleans the jets in the carburetor and it does this incredibly well but it produces an amazing amount of smoke, this can be very alarming at first but do not worry this is absolutely normal. You will be stunned by how much carbon gets burned out. Close the windows in your house and tell your neighbors in advance so they don't call the fire department. There will be that much smoke. Intermittently spray and let the fouling burn out. Do this about four to five times then spray a bit in the gas tank and let the generator run until it is empty. After the generator is empty add a little Sea Foam to the crank case oil, read the can for the proper amount. Store the generator empty. Sea Foam has stopped valve tapping, erratic float problems, rough idles and hard starting issues for me, It is an amazing product. I know that the desire to have a full tank in the generator for when the power goes out is very strong but it will cause you nothing but grief in the long run. You are better off finding gas cans that are air tight, they will not allow moisture to be absorbed into the ethanol and you will have a much longer shelf life. When the power comes back on I use a kerosene pump to empty my generator and then I run the engine dry.By using this method I have an extremely dependable machine that starts on the first pull every time even after sitting for over a year.Sorry for being so long winded but this is what really works and for those that also read this post who are not mechanically inclined, the long winded explanation gives them a clearer idea on how to solve this problem. Good Luck,Michael Burke

Hi, sounds like derty fuel, you will need to check and clean air and fuel filters; also wash your carbretta out with lean fuel. Drain fuel tank and replace with fresh fuel.

Drain the gas out of it. If there is a fuel filter, replace it. Get some carburetor cleaner and put a little of that plus a little fresh gas in the tank and run it through. Do that a couple of times until it will run without the choke. If that doesn't work you will have to disassemble the carb to clean it. Use a gas additive like Sea Foam to keep the gas usable longer without gumming up. If you are going to leave it unused for a month or more, run the gas out of it.