Long story short....loaned my generator to a family member last summer

Worked perfectly even to the day he took it from my porch

He brought it back a week later, I didn't think much on it

Got it out a couple of days ago before the storm....it won't crank at all

Got really upset or (This word is unacceptable on Trapperman) to say the least, it worked great before ????

Still can't get it to fire, but did notice several springs laying loose

I am not one to judge, but I will never loan out my equipment to

anyone ever again,

Yep now that you need one, you don't have one. If you were close you could use one of mine and I know you would take care of it.

Small engine equipment doesn’t leave here without me especially chainsaw’s they never come back right.

Did he run it with non eth ?

Probably sitting that long with the cheapest gas he could find........won't start until it's cleaned up......

I know an old fella that couldn't get his generator running. Changed the plug, cleaned the carb, new oil, new air cleaner, fresh gas, and still no spark. Few days later when looking at it in disgust he noticed a little red switch in the off position..... Fired up on the first pull...

fuel shut off?

I think AntiGov hit the nail on the head.

This is why I won't borrow stuff. I bring it back still working fine and they leave it set around 6+ months and who knows what can happen to it, then they'll blame me when they finally use it and something goes wrong.

Grump….

Yep cheap gas ruins the carb's in anything now days, even the non ethanol stuff isn't fully non ethanol and will gum them up too if they sit too long.

I never made a habit of loaning anything out, see how other's that do get treated so just skip that part.

On my gas stuff that sits for long periods I drain the tank and run them until they quit to empty the lines and carb. Seems to work.

Father told me ca.1967, things to never lend ,#1 was chain saw.

Yup!

I clean the carb on mine every Spring. Gas sitting in it all winter gums up the jet and needs to be cleaned out.