Doing 5kva Genset won't start

[carlyai]

Trying to start the genset and the starter will crank 1 revolution. 

So I thought it may have been a weak battery and replaced the battery with my car battery.

Still the same, the motor cranks once.

Feeling the jumper leads and they are hot, so I connected them from the battery direct to the starter. Same thing and hot leads.

Could I have a starter motor fault?

What else could it be?

[Anythingleft?]

Check all of the earth connections between starter to chassis etc, take them off and give them a good clean, then if still no good it more than likely is the starter. The circuit is already confirmed as it does actually engage and rotate, you have already eliminated the battery...

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[Artisi]

can you turn the engine over by hand?

as Anythingleft has said, check all connections for corrosion etc.

[Fruit Trader]

Take it to the repair shop come home and open a cold one.

[carlyai]

8 minutes ago, Fruit Trader said:

Take it to the repair shop come home and open a cold one.

I don't suppose you live 100Km from the nearest reliable repair shop. Bit difficult to get a 5kva genset in the back of a honda suv.

[Crossy]

Petrol or diesel?

 

When you used the car battery did you remove the genset's own battery (could be so dead it's shorted which may explain the hot leads)?

 

Does the beast have a recoil starter? Can you start it by hand?

 

[Fruit Trader]

32 minutes ago, carlyai said:

I don't suppose you live 100Km from the nearest reliable repair shop. Bit difficult to get a 5kva genset in the back of a honda suv.

If its not happy in a small SUV I guess its a bulky 5kva diesel.

Maybe you should be a little more accurate with the precise one rotation stop you speak of.

Does the engine rotate once and hit a mechanical stop.

Does it rotate once and electrically disconnect the starter.

How do you initiate a new rotation after a one rotation stop.