On Feb 4, 5:02 pm, "Toller" wrote:
I have a 4 year old Honda EU2000i with about 200 hours of use. I have done
the proper maintenance on it.
I leave it with gas and gas stabilizer, and start it up for 5 minutes once a
month. When it gets hard to start I change the gas; that is about once a
year.

Tonight we had 2 brief power losses, and since it is 5 degrees out, I
thought it would be a good idea to warm up the generator. It wouldn't
start. I brought it in the house for a half hour, but that didn't help. I
changed the gas; that did the trick. As I understand it, the most volatile
parts of the gas evaporate, leaving something behind that is inadequate to
start the engine; is that correct? Is there anything I could add to the old
gas to revive it? Everything worked out fine (no outage so far, and the
generator finally started) but I would hate to have to do this in the dark
during a real outage. (I mean, besides changing the gas more often...)

Thanks.

I also have a Honda EU2000i. It's about 8 months old. Every couple of
months or so, I pour a little bit of gas in the tank and start it and
let it run completely dry (usually about 1/2 to 1 hour). I use gas
with double the amount of recommended stabilizer in it.

To start the EU2000i, I pour a little bit of gas in the tank and turn
the choke and fuel valve on. Then I pull on the starter rope VERY
GENTLY and fairly slowly about 8 to 10 times and it always fires right
up. It's not a problem. It's very easy. Just don't get rough with it.

I use the same gasoline that I use for my lawnmower so it never gets
to old, maybe 6 months old or so at the most. If it gets older than
that, I pour it into my car.