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Originally Posted by wdfifteen
My neighbor’s son lives in a tornado effected area a few miles north. He has a generator but it wouldn’t start. I volunteered to work on it. I don’t know a lot about generators, but this has a fuel cut off solenoid that isn’t opening. The low oil switch grounds the ignition, I don’t know the purpose of the fuel switch. There is no battery, so I don’t see how it is energized.
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The fuel cutoff switch stops gas from flowing through the main jet to help prevent backfire. The switch is just a solenoid that draws a plunger in or releases it when power is cut to open or close fuel flow. It probably gets power from the stator. Simple test is to drain the fuel (assuming it goes in the bottom of the fuel bowl) pull the fuel shutoff, connect ground to the hex head and put 12 volts to the terminal keeping slight finger pressure on the plunger, it should draw in when powered and then release when you remove power.