ANOTHER Onan DJE generator starting problem! (Sunday)

You may have burnt it out. The buzzing that you experienced in the early attempts to start may have buggered it. Resistance tests on it will will tell the story.

Wil try to test it now. I understand that low resistance is good, high resistance is bad. Is that right? I will also try to apply 12V to it.

Is it colder today ? something shrunk ? or thermal issue ? Martin

Is there a fuse in that circuit that may have blown? Ken.

It was no particularly colder yesterday, no.

Maybe, good point, I will check.

There IS a fuse or Circuit Breaker that does protect the Safety Shutdown System on the DJx series gnesets. So you do need to check that. Also if you have low or no oil pressure the solenoid will not pull in, as well as High Block Temp. These sensers can all be checked with a VOM. The diagram of this systemis be in the manual, and is straight forward. Also note that the solenoid has TWO coils in it, and only one is used to hold it in when the engine is running, while both are used to pull it in to start the engine. There is an Internal Switch that drops out the second coil once the plunger is fully pulled in.

Bruce in alaska

Thanks. That's correct about a contact that turns off when the solenoid is pulled in all the way. I will check if the solenoid pulls in if 12v is applied directly.

I will trace wiring a little bit and will report my findings.

I am glad that I had enough common sense to not run the engine beyond a few seconds when I was pulling in the solenoid, or else the engine could be damaged had there been noi oil pressure.

How would I do it?>

Yes, thanks. I have manuals for the DJ series engines and will check them out.