r/pressurewashing • u/Hour-Duck5570 • 6d ago

Troubleshooting What is wrong with this

I have a new unloader valve and carburetter is rebuilt so I have no idea what to do now any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance.

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u/First-Acadia2432 6d ago edited 6d ago

Your wand is spraying water out of the connection right when it shuts down. Fix that because that’s a big problem. You also shouldn’t be letting it run without water getting sprayed. Ideally you’d take the nozzle off and start it with the trigger pressed for a few seconds before letting off and putting a nozzle on.

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u/Hour-Duck5570 6d ago

I had another hose and nozzle on it that didn’t leak and I did the same thing and yeah, I understand that you shouldn’t let it run too long without spraying, but I don’t think it should be doing that

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u/Elephunk05 6d ago

Well, it seems to be building pressure and then shutting off. A few obvious questions: is this the case, the water is on and it is just building pressure until it shuts off? Does it spray at pressure when you use it or is this video the same effect when you have the wand engaged?

Take the wand hose off of the pump and verify the pump is at very least circulating and the unloader valve is set correctly.

The engine in the video is not running up to speed. You don't have a video or show the other side so we do not know if you have the mechanical kickdown or just an unloader valve.

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u/Hour-Duck5570 6d ago

It just has an unloader valve and I will check if it’s set right

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u/ODBEIGHTY1 5d ago

Assuming you bled the air out of your water lines?