You may be on to something ... Although they provided a pint of oil, when I opened the oil fill there was already oil in the well, and it appeared to be up to the beginning of the threads --- but I could be seeing some residue and the oil tank was, in reality, empty. The little oil dipstick kept reading enough oil, but I wonder if it just scraped along the threads. I read somewhere that it came shipped with oil, so I assumed this to be the case. In a brand new machine, why would there be a little and not a full tank, right? Anyway, the guy at the service center showed me the spark plug ... and he couldn't get it started either. I'll keep the forum posted as to how this works out.

This post was not intended to criticize the performance of the generator but rather the lack of customer support --- always amazes me that so few people in the customer service departments of large companies ever know how to correctly deal with complaints --- why do they pick that job to begin with if they have no interest in people anyway?

Not that it excuses anything but I believe the portable generator business was something they acquired from another company a few years back.

Ranting when you did not follow the instructions is not exactly the vendors fault.

I was convinced the engine had oil, and I wasn't or haven't been yet told otherwise. It's not as simple as knowing there's gasoline in it; I saw oil, when I put my finger in, it came up with oil on it ... why would the manufacturer put a little bit of oil and not an entire quart?

Maybe because they tested the generator.

"why would the manufacturer put a little bit of oil and not an entire quart?"

They tested it and then drained the oil out for shipping (the same as any fuel in the tank).

What remains also helps limit rust damage form condensation during shipping ans storage.

Reading a dip stick is not all that hard.

Remove, wipe off, insert, remove again and read.

My name is Angi and I am with Generac Power Systems. I would like to further discuss your experience with you. At your convenience, please feel free to contact me directly. 1.888.436.3722 X2560

WOW,I hope Onthebrinck shares with us what Angi
has to say. At least it is a good sign that
Generac is monitoring what it's unhappy customers
are saying.

My wife's in the hospital for a few days/week ... I'll catch up with this post when I'm able --- soon. I, too, am interested in what Angi has to say. BTW ... generator was repaired and it was a loose wire --- as well as low oil.

ontherbrinck -
This is Angi from Generac. I just wanted to follow up with you to see if you still needed any assistance from us? If so, please feel free to contact me directly.

I was witness to a generator, right out of the box, not supplying on one leg. It was opened up because we need to run a food service cooler with it, It was a wire not connected to a terminal as it was supposed to be. I don't recall what brand.

If you cant find the spark plug, then you probably should not attempt to service the machine.

If your still having problems with it now, you should take it back to Home Depot. I think I would have taken it back the first day. I hope you registered a warranty. If not sorry.

Wish I could of made it to this thread a little bit earlier to through some advice about these generators, and how much of a pain they can be.

Here's some advice to the newbies. If your thinking about getting a portable generator, go check out the Yamaha brand. They're the most reliable dealer of generators on the market. The only one that even comes close is the Honda, but Yamaha very well outweighs. It's features doesn't compare to other brands, and the price is always affordable. More info on Yamaha generators here.

Here is a link that might be useful: Yamaha Generators

GeneratorXpert, thanks for your post. Next time though you may want to lay off on the advertising just a bit.

all kindind aside. they don't call them " GenerCrap for nothing. good luck on that one.

I have the same problem No support would never buy again Gp6500E