2 year old honda eu1000i generator with new spark plug fresh oil fresh fuel clean air filter starts eazy runs for 2 mins then dies

you have to hold the start button until the green light comes on.

take the fuel line off at the carburetor. if fuel is coming out then you have a plugged carburetor. take it off and apart. clean it really good with carburetor cleaner and put in a new needle and seat. it should run as good as new.

Engine oil does a couple of things, lubricates and cools. Your crankcase probably takes about 2 qts. Fill it to full and park it over something clean to see if there are leaks.

For your engine to run it needs fuel and air. If the engine is dying, more than likely you have a fuel/air issue. Check your fuel lines for leaks, replace your fuel filter. Clean or replace your air cleaner. Make sure your tank cap can breathe, so air can replace the gas going to the engine.

i usually do a quick test of a small few onzes of fuel down the plug hole and reinstal plag and see if i9 fire up and run for a lil bit. maybe 5 -10 seconds. now i know i have spark . most usually our wonderful fuel is the problem. its just nasty now. it can stick a needle to the seat. it can hold her open . one way ya flood out. the other ya starv out. give it a try.

If you haven't had it started for a while and have left gas in it, you probably have old/bad gasoline. Drain it and put new gas in. It may have clogged the fuel filter with rust and sediment from the old gas. Next time, put "Sta-bil" in it when you store it for the season, it will stabilize your gas.

the worst thing for generator and compressors are to sit up. when you do sit them up put stabil in the gas. run it and then run the gas out of the carburator. now, make sure the gas in the tank is good and has no water or trash. check the fuel line that it is in good conditon and not plugged. pull the carberator and clean varnish out and clean jets. soak it over nite in varsol or parts cleaner. check to see if you have a low oil shut off. oil level must be correct. check your exhaust to make sure it isn't plugged. some have a little screen that get coated with carbon and won't let it exhaust.( fuel in, spark, exhaust out)

try removing the float bowl on the carburator and cleaning, sounds like needle valve is partially stopped up

Tank filter not blocked? (Take tap off tank) Enough oil in motor? Try overfilling it slightly

I would look for the fuel filter. Blow it our. I know you have a new tank of gas, but you might want to empty it out and make sure the clean and put in new. Even with Stabil in the gas you might just have to much condensation in the tank

i have the same problem. i took out the air filter and sprayed tb into it and it ran and died. this is the only way to get it to fire up.

i took off the carb, dissasembled it and blasted it out with tb cleaner, took out the jets too, put it all back and it still does the same thing. it is getting fuel but it won't run.

need a profesional answer on this one please.

thanks, tom.