Honda EU2000i Leaking Oil and Won't Run - Found in the Trash

Wow, don’t take it personally but Americans seem quite wasteful to me. Watching your’s and others videos and the condition that some machines are in when they’re left out for free or garbage collection just leaves me speechless, especially gas engined machines. Maybe it’s the cheap initial cost that makes them easier to just toss. I have that same generator and here in Australia they were $1800 - $2200 AUD. The eu2200i has replaced the eu2000i but sell for around the same price. Looking at Walmart US the most expensive gas powered pressure washers are around $500US. In Australia it’s difficult to find a gas powered pressure washer for that price and those ones that are, are junk sold by the big box hardware stores. A 3200 psi Honda powered Karcher like mine is around $1500. Admittedly even you were surprised that the Honda generator was dumped. Perhaps the previous owner tossed it out of frustration. The sad part is I’ll bet he’s running around telling everyone that Honda’s are junk. Obviously you proved they’re not. Thankfully there are people like you that save this stuff from landfills. Cheers from the expensive land down under. 🇦🇺

That is the perfect generator, not only because it is a Honda, but the fact that it generates power AND repels mosquitos!!

A friend once told me that every lawnmower you see on the side of the road likely only needs minimal effort to get them going. People toss away things often because no one has any skills left to fix it.

Me: I’m not going to watch a 45 minute video. Also Me, 45 minutes later: that was really well done and interesting.

I bought one of these 10 yrs ago and to this day, it still runs great. I run nothing but ethanol free premium fuel, start it up once every couple of months and put a good load on it. It came in quite handy after a wind storm hit 2 years ago and left us without power for 6 days. I set it up outside and it ran the fridge, a few lights in the house, coffee maker in the morning and the washing machine. I filled it up before going to bed and in the morning before leaving for work. It ran for 6 days straight no issues. When neighbors were using these big, loud gensets mine was just humming away mainly for the fridge. I used about 1.25 gallons per 24 hours when neighbors were burning 5 gallons a day. Honda makes an excellent product and they'll run for years if well maintained.

Mine is over 15 years old. Only maintenance, change oil, air filter, check the plug, and cleaned the carb once. Videos like this give Rookies like me the confidence to do our own repairs. Thanks.

I remember those times during soviet union, - where things in people's houses were serving them for decades and some of those still around. why? because we were not able to buy things in the stores, - so that's why people were fixing everything all the time. Something broke, - you are fixing it again. You always knew someone who can make spare part for you. And now so many things are going to a dumpster because we don't know how to fix it anymore.

Wow, I have a newfound respect for my almost 20-year-old EU 2000. I’ve had such good luck with it. I run it about once a month drain the carb completely after each use, being in California. We have crappy ethanol gas, but I always have stabil in the fuel, never any issues with the little beauty except the fact I piss my wife off by using her hairdryer to exercise the inverter!

you are so gentle with everything! it’s like watching a precision piece of equipment being rebuilt. I quickly realize why i break 75% of the small motor stuff I work on lol

James, the only additional check you should have made was to check the spark plug. The plug could be loosly gapped or is fouled. Combustion chambers get very hot when they are burning off oil so a plug check is required.

You hit the jackpot finding that treasure in the trash! I'd never been that lucky.

I have two 2200's and I treat them like gold, Can't believe somebody dumped that? Great find.

I watch a few YouTube videos and “try” to repair most things before replacing. Recently rebuilt my GE dryer, replaced my snowblower belts and cleaned the carb in my 15 year old Honda eu2000i that was starving for fuel and wouldn’t run a 1,000 watt appliance. Saved me hundreds of dollars👍

Not gonna lie, there is something VERY satisfying how much attention to detail you put into CLEANING these revivals and making them look their best.

The agency I work for has four of these units. When we had problems and took them to a shop, we found the problems were usually with old or bad fuel. I make it a point to pour the fuel out and run the engine dry. I've never had a problem since doing that. They are extremely reliable, and two units can be connected in parallel to double the capacity. Jim

As a small tool tech for a rental company..when these units sit for awhile I find when you try to start them pull in the choke then chock off several times and make sure the fuel cap vent switch is open great job these machines are bullet proof

It's crazy what people throw away, that turned in to a beaut little Honda generator.

Our EU2000i is ancient, or seems that way, we keep it full of gas because it sees 150 to 200 hours of operation every month for the last 12 years. I've had to adjust the valves 3 times in all those hours. It's forced to live outdoors as well, but the unit always starts first or second pull. Amazing machine.

How much you wanna bet the owner laid the generator on it's side and filled the oil to the top. Thanks for the videos !

Everything you did was perfect with one exception; as a precaution I'd have checked the engine oil again as the smoking reduced. That's just to be certain that the smoking didn't stop because the engine had run out of oil.