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    No pre-heat on Hyundai diesel generator?

    It's a twin-cylinder and the key has only two positions; on and crank. There's no pre-heater and the supplier couldn't explain to me how the thing is supposed to start without. It also has a self-start option where you press a green button and this has started it successfully now on the second...
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    No pre-heat on Hyundai diesel generator?

    It's brand-new so I doubt there's a lack of compression. My mechanic neighbour poured some diesel additive into the tank and yesterday for the first time the engine chugged into life on the second attempt. I'm loathe to admit it but I'm thinking of buying an additive for water-contaminated...
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    No pre-heat on Hyundai diesel generator?

    Hello all, back on DIYnot.com under a new name after a long absence, now happily retired I bought a Hyundai DHY12500SE diesel generator set. It has no provision to pre-heat the combustion chambers and arrived with rusty water in the chassis tank. Flushing the tank with fresh diesel and...
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