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Re: [GMCnet] Onan oil spill [message #188302 is a reply to message #188244] Fri, 26 October 2012 04:25 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Mr ERFisher is currently offline  Mr ERFisher   United States
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Not much help here from Duane
http://gmcmotorhome.info/generator.html#water

he says
- no water
- wipe it down

gene


On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 3:48 PM, Jared & Stefanie Kohl
<vacougfan@yahoo.com>wrote:

> I fired up the Onan today for the first time since getting help from Ken B
> to get it running. (Thanks again Ken!)
>
> I fired it up from inside the coach and everything was running great. I
> walked outside to the generator compartment (it had been running for about
> 2-3 minutes) when I saw oil spewing out of the bottom of the generator
> compartment. I ran into the coach and hit the shutoff switch and then
> opened the compartment to see what had happened. Apparently the oil
> dipstick cover had rattled loose and oil was bubbling up over the entire
> generator. So now I've got an Onan absolutely covered in oil. (and there
> is some older oil there as well which leads me to believe this had been a
> problem in the past)...
>
> What's the best way to get the Onan cleaned up without damaging anything
> or ruining the paint?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Jared
> 73 PD
> Amissville, VA
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