Troy-bilt generator problem help needed

[Sierrajack]

Yep, I'm with Jim on this one. Think it's the low oil level switch! Had the same problem on my generator, checked oil, added in about 2 tablespoons and it ran like a generator should.

[diverguy]

Ok after about a 75% teardown cleaned the carb, new plug cleaned the gas tank new gas. still same problem. thanks jim, dhazzard, and jack. added about a 1/4 cup oil and ran like a champ. LOW OIL SENSOR. can i cuss now. tomrrow i am going to change the oil but for now i am glad to have found a cure. thanks again for all of our suggestions and help.

[Sierrajack]

Diver,
Sometimes it the small things that get you. Glad you got it solved.

[critter]

Hey Guys,
Before I had my first stroke I was a toyota master tech for 20 years and I remeber a tech that thought he new every thing and wouldnt listen to us old foggies that keep telling him to ck the all basics but he worked on a car for 3 days that wouldnt start.He disasembeled,adjusted,caculated,tested,cleaned,and got volt/ohm reading on every computer terminal in the car but it Seems that they dont run without gas!Over the years i probbaly saw 2 dozen cars towed in cause they were out of gas and the owners would swear it wasent.I guess they didnt want to be embarassed.Thats Kinda like the test that the first line says read entire test before answering any ? and the last like says if you read this far you dont have to answer any ?

[diverguy]

its all good. really probably needed everything done to it i did. got a lot of stuff out of the carb. nothing fatal but still probably needed cleaned anyway. it is all taken care of for its 50,000 mile tune up. plug, needed changed, oil really needed changed. its all good.

[asianflava]

Before I had my first stroke I was a toyota master tech for 20 years and I remeber a tech that thought he new every thing and wouldnt listen to us old foggies that keep telling him to ck the all basics but he worked on a car for 3 days that wouldnt start.

That drives me nuts, we have this new guy who will jump in with both feet. We keep telling him, do the least invasive thing first (the basics) then go on from there. If you start changing things and adjusting stuff, you may make it worse. Some of the equipment we work on applys coatings measured in angstroms. Any little thing can affect what you are doing.

[Aaron Coffee]

Kind of off topic but don't bypass the low oil pressure switch. My brother was having the same problem on his generator and bypassed the switch, ran it oul of oil, locked it up. The people in the pits around him said that the sparks and noise was the most entertainment that night.