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. 🇦🇺

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.

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

I saw this video 3 months ago and said I would never find a Honda generator in bulk trash. A week later I was bicycling I found one😮 and forced my fiance to stand by it while I bicycled home and grabbed the car😂 she was none too happy. The only thing wrong with it was one hose which they had deteriorated to my amazement. It was $5 to replace it 🤯 Even the fuel inside of the generator was good. As soon as it replaced the breather hose and pulled the cord it started right up 😊 thank you for making this video and giving me the idea.

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

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.

Thank you for not playing thrash metal 'music' as background as so many seem to do. I love the silent calmness of the workshop as you work methodically away.

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.

I gave my son a really good Honda lawnmower.  It worked for a short time then stopped. He cursed it and had a big moan to me that it is not reliable. He had a second look and found the plug lead had come off. He replaced it and was on his way again. Then he sent me a message telling me how wonderful the mower went.

About a year ago down the street a home owner put out a Honda pressure washer for free sign said wont' run. I rushed home to get the truck to get it. (saw a old guy walking fast down the street probably to get a vehicle). After about 10 minutes figured out it was just a fouled plug. Still have it works great. Even had a full tank of gas in it 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.

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.

You are the Bob Ross of generator repair.

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 !

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

I discovered your channel the other day (thanks algorithm!).  What an absolute joy it is to watch you bring these machines back to life with such care and attention.

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.

My guess about the oil overfill is that the owner rolled the generator over onto its side to put new oil in it rather than filling it the right way.
Good job overall

That shop light is a disaster waiting to happen

We would love it if you would put a bore scope in every cylinder during inspection to see the wall condition and to read the spark plug. We all look forward to the oil getting checked before testing