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Open Roads Forum  >  Tech Issues  > Working on Onan BGM 5500 generator Reply to Topic  |  Subscribe  |  Print Topic  |  Post New Topic  |  Oldest first Newest first  jklcycles • View posts Arizona New Member Joined: 11/04/2009 View Profile Offline Posted: 11/04/09 07:18pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator I have a 1998 Bounder with a Onan BGM 5500 generator. It has two issues. (1) Bad starter or solenoid. (2) Heads need decarbonizing. Does anyone know if should remove the generator from the rv to work on these issues? It looks sort of crowded in the RV's generator compartment. Generator Jim • View posts Conway, SC Senior Member Joined: 07/16/2005 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Offline Posted: 11/04/09 07:52pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator The starter solenoid is behind the control panel cover. The starter is behind the generator and the unit really needs to come out for a non-ONAN tech to change it. The unit only needs de-carboning if it is pinging or their is a knocking sound due to carbon falling into the combustion chamber and being crushed. The unit must be removed from the coach to decarbonize the heads and THE INTAKE AND EXHAUST VALVES. Try ONAN C4 or Sea Foam slowly poured into the intake first. JimL Jim & Jane Latour 08 Chevy 3500HD, crew cab, dually, Duramax/Allison 05 Wilderness Advantage AX6 365 BSQS, Onan 3.6KY Retired AF CMS (E9) Power Generation and Onan RV genset Level III tech Grand Strand Sams Blog.rv.net Reply to Topic  |  Subscribe  |  Print Topic  |  Post New Topic  |  Oldest first Newest first  Open Roads Forum  >  Tech Issues  > Working on Onan BGM 5500 generator

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