Hey there! Thank you so much for your help! I have a Honda ES6500 Generator – which has only about 20 hours on it, but has not been run in about 4 years… Prior to this, I serviced it every 9 months or so…

Anyway, per the manual – I have replaced the spark plugs, changed the oil, cleaned the sediment cap, changed out all fuel in the system and added Sea Foam – and have changed out coolant and checked, cleaned all connections…

Also, just put in a new battery…

(Just FYI – given the precise oil specs in the manual – I was sure to get both the oil and the plugs from Honda…)

It won’t fire… If I pour a LITTLE gas in the air filter, it will fire for a moment, but won’t stay on… Obviously I don’t want to do this too much, but just wanted to check to see if it would fire…

Given that the fuel can be drained out of the drain hose, and given that fuel poured into the carb with the air filter off – and will start and run for a second – I’m assuming I have fuel not making it all the way into the carb problem… I know my way around an engine enough to fix the problem – if I have a clear idea what the real problem is – but not enough to totally diagnose and go directly to the problem… Basically I know what a carb is and how it works, and know what jets are – but don’t know where they are specifically…

Anyway, I’d really appreciate help if anyone has any advice, or the actual service manual – I want to start taking off the carb and look for gump, but am not sure if this should be my primary attack…

Thank you so much for your help!

Whistler