Kipor IG 1000

[humsafer]

Hi
Bought a new one of the above last summer, must have done about 15/20 hours with no problem. Ran it dry of fuel at the end of season and stored it in the motorhome over winter. Refilled the tank last week and it now refuses to run. It sometimes fires up and runs for 1or 2 seconds and stops.
A mechanic friend of mine has blown air through the fuel pipes and filter, Checked the oil level which is ok, and cleaned and set the spark plug.
He is a time served mechanic still working full time and it seems to have him beaten. Has anyone had these problems or any suggestions.
Downloaded the workshop manual last night and instructions for winterizing say we should drain the carb using the screw at the bottom. As I only ran it dry would this have left fuel in the carb to sticky it up.

Cheers Fred

[Mrtibbs]

Hi Fred
Have you tried squirting carb cleaner into the air filter (or directly into the carb) while someone pulls it over?
It should clean out the internals of the carb if it is gunked up...
HTH

Keith

[john.williams]

I found that the one that I use to own ,after storing that I needed to remove plug and squirt petrol with a syringe direct into cylinder. that use to do the trick.While you have the plug out make sure that you have a spark there. regards John

[Damon3272]

Hi Fred they are very sensitive to low oil level,fill it until you can virtually get no more oil in it and see if it runs,the manual will say fill it to the bottom of the threads but I fill mine virtually to the top.

[agilityeye]

All Kipor genys have an issue with there jets
ours has done it twice now
after a period of none use the jets get stuck up
you may find injecting fuel straight into the cylinder will work as it should suck the fuel through
other than that get it serviced buy a good dealer

[Mrtibbs]

Hi Guys
thank you all for coming back with ideas. Tried the carb cleaner but it didnt work keith , but will now keep some for ongoing use.
Tried injecting petrol direct ,which started it and it ran for about 3/4 seconds, Thanks for that one John. Also topped up the oil Colin but still no joy. Actualy managed to download a workshop manual from the KIPOR site http://www.kipor.co.uk. Very interesting but it didnt solve the problem. Left a note on the Kipor contact page and someone contacted me saying he was the service manager how could he help. Lots of advice and checking procedures down the phone but still no solution. Took your advice Agility eye and rather than send it to Derby for a fix, I took it in personaly and waited whilst they did it and I watched. He confirmed it was a fuel problem probably caused by water in the fuel, and showed me the jelly that had formed.He stripped and cleaned the carb, it ran but rough. Stripped it again, still rough. Put 2nd hand carb on . still rough but a little better. Took a new carb from a new engine and presto it worked. The new engine was a warranty write off because of a broken engine so putting my carb on that one wasnt going to bother any customer as it was going back to the factory. Oh he also replaced the smart throttle switch that had given up the ghost. ( the third switch on this genny) What is worth recording is that I was now expecting a bill for a £80/100 having watched this man work for 2 hours. I clutched my little roll of banknotes ( I do so hate parting with them) and asked for the damage. Will £40 be ok? I shouldnt realy have taken that long. For those who may need help in the future .
The service manager for Kipor Uk is Richard Board, Unit 3, Small Business Centre , Adams Close Heanor, Derbyshire.

A very nice hard working and honest man with a lot of knowledge about KIPOR who is worth supporting if you have problems.
Cheers everyone and thanks for taking the trouble to suggest some possible solutions.

Fred

[humsafer]

PS Forget to say the telephone no of REB (the company name) is 07877 679281
Cheers Fred