Pressure washer Woes .................

[Boudreaux In Eunice La.]

While we have a few pump issues up on here I will add FUEL to the FIRE LOL........

While I was on vacation, I brought a carb kit for a PW for my buddy David that owns the house we stayed at down in Chauvin, La...

I got the engine running like a brand new penny shines....... We hooked it up to water hose and pulled the trigger like I always do and she ran great and PWed a small spot......

Now here's the kicker........ When he let off the trigger it stalled the engine.... I mean dead dead dead stopped it in it's tracks.......

I took the unloader valve off and got it unstuck..... Same thing when he let go of the trigger......... He has a couple more pumps that are good, so he's gonna change it.....

It's the generic bottom pump that on the internet for 40 bux... I forgot to take a video on it before I left....

What would cause that.... I am not that familiar with that issue and he never saw that either....

 

[ILENGINE]

Look at the outlet check valve. Unusually located behind the soap injector venturi. If it gets sticky or that O rings gets a nick in it will cause sudden stalling of the pump and motor like it can't go into bypass. Strange I know.

 

[Boudreaux In Eunice La.]

Thanks IL Engine... I'll tell David to check it out..... It's a 3 hour drive for me to get there......... Not going back till Oct. or Nov........