OK, so you guys helped me get the generator cut-off problem resolved now on to the fuel pump. Engine running good but fuel pump is spitting gas through the little hole you can see just to the right of that hump on the left side of the picture. I rebuilt the fuel pump but must have done something wrong. As I sit here looking at the location of that hole I'm wondering if gas is getting into the oil. I'll check that tomorrow but for now why is it spitting gas through that hole?
That behavior usually means a hole in the fuel pump diaphragm. And yes, if gas is exiting there, it is more than likely getting into the crankcase, too.
Pull the dipstick and look at the oil on it. If it's over full, and/or thin and watery and smells like gas, there's your answer. The spit hole is there to vent any gas that gets to the underside of the diaphragm, but it seldom handles all of a bad leak. Jerry
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Pulled fuel pump and observed some scratches in the raised lips that sandwich the diaphragm between the two halves of the pump. I put a piece of sandpaper on the bench and used a twisting motion to resurface the two halves. Reinstalled pump and problem solved. I think one or more of those scratches might have been enough to let just a little gas through and then spit out that hole. Oil seems to be ok but I'm going to change it anyway. Oil is cheap- engines are expensive.
