I remember when I was new to fixing small engines and I came across a generator that was leaking gasoline from the air filter assembly. I was a little perplexed back then, but then I realized that...

If you've just bought a used generator or just haven’t fired yours up in quite a while, you might be asking yourself if it's normal for your generator to surge at idle.  After all, the...

If you have smelled an odor of gasoline in your garage and followed your nose to your generator, you'll likely see that the source of the leak is around the carburetor. The generator is a...

When I first started dabbling into fixing generators, I had no idea what I was really looking at when it came to the components in the generator's alternator. I saw a lot of wires and electronic...

Have you ever heard that you can start a generator with a drill? There are actually two ways that a drill can help you to start a generator (engine and AVR): To spin the nut under the...

Perhaps the most frustrating thing that can happen when your power goes out is to fire up your generator without a problem and then find that it isn’t producing any electricity.  The engine is...