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Low hour MEP-803a blue/white smoke at startup. Videos added
I got a MEP-803a last summer with 11 hours on it... It starts quickly runs smooth and has no problem running my house. I have already used it to keep me powered during two outages that lasted a total of about 40 hours without any drama. without doing anything to conserve power it is typically loaded between 50% to sometimes just over 100% without complaints.
I bought a MEP-802a with 7 hours on it to take over at night when I have almost everything off and just want to keep the water warm and the food cold. I was thinking it would keep me from wet stacking the 803 and use less fuel.
after I got the 802 running I noticed that it doesn't smoke like my 803 does during startup. I had taken it for granted that the military may not care if their generators smoke when started and I thought that it was normal but now that i see how much cleaner my 802 runs on a cold start and after watching videos of other 803s starting up I think that mine smokes more than normal until it gets nice and warm.
any ideas why my 803 likes to smoke at startup?
I got a MEP-803a last summer with 11 hours on it... It starts quickly runs smooth and has no problem running my house. I have already used it to keep me powered during two outages that lasted a total of about 40 hours without any drama. without doing anything to conserve power it is typically loaded between 50% to sometimes just over 100% without complaints.
I bought a MEP-802a with 7 hours on it to take over at night when I have almost everything off and just want to keep the water warm and the food cold. I was thinking it would keep me from wet stacking the 803 and use less fuel.
after I got the 802 running I noticed that it doesn't smoke like my 803 does during startup. I had taken it for granted that the military may not care if their generators smoke when started and I thought that it was normal but now that i see how much cleaner my 802 runs on a cold start and after watching videos of other 803s starting up I think that mine smokes more than normal until it gets nice and warm.
any ideas why my 803 likes to smoke at startup?
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