How to Remove the Engine From a Coleman Powermate Generator

Written By
Mark O'Brien
Mark O'Brien
Published: Dec 28, 2010
Updated: Nov 20, 2021
1 minute read
  1. Locate the gas tank above the engine.

  2. Follow the gas hose under the tank to the carb on the engine.

  3. Place the gas container under the engine carb. Unscrew the clamp holding the gas hose onto the carb with the proper sized socket.

  4. Pull off the hose and allow the gas to drain into the gas container.

  5. Fit the proper sized sockets on the six to eight bolts holding the base of the engine block onto the generator frame. Unscrew and remove the bolts with the ratchet.

  6. Locate the bolt on the neck of the gear or pulley tightened onto the engine's crankshaft. Fit the proper sized socket on the bolt and remove it.

  7. Pull the engine off the generator frame.

Mark O'Brien

Mark O'Brien started his professional writing career in 2000 at the "Newman Grove Reporter" newspaper. He was an English tutor while in school and earned an Associate of Arts in English from Northeast Community College. O'Brien indulges…

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