dave612
Senior Member
I have owned this RV for a little over a year and only run the genny about once per month just to exercise it. The past couple months it seems that it takes longer to prime than it used to but I really don't know what might be "normal". It is located at the rear end and is not far from the fuel tank, maybe 7 or 8 feet of fuel line.
My starting procedure had been to press the manual prime button for about 30 seconds and then hit the starter button. Crank for 3 to 5 seconds and release, after releasing you can hear the automatic priming for maybe 10 seconds or so. Repeat this once or twice more and it had been starting. Lately it has been taking more priming to get it to start, at least it seems that way to me.
Once the fuel gets there it starts right away and runs well. Usually, I will run it for 20 to 30 minutes with the roof A/C on to give it a load and it runs fine. I thought it might be a function of only running it once per month so I tried it on three consecutive days, same result.
This doesn't seem like it should be normal to me. What do you all think? Is this the early sign of a pump failing? Thanks.
My starting procedure had been to press the manual prime button for about 30 seconds and then hit the starter button. Crank for 3 to 5 seconds and release, after releasing you can hear the automatic priming for maybe 10 seconds or so. Repeat this once or twice more and it had been starting. Lately it has been taking more priming to get it to start, at least it seems that way to me.
Once the fuel gets there it starts right away and runs well. Usually, I will run it for 20 to 30 minutes with the roof A/C on to give it a load and it runs fine. I thought it might be a function of only running it once per month so I tried it on three consecutive days, same result.
This doesn't seem like it should be normal to me. What do you all think? Is this the early sign of a pump failing? Thanks.