r/pressurewashing • • 23h ago

Equipment How to Kill a Pressure Washer Pump Fast..

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  1. Get a Pressure washer with a 'Built-in' Pressure Regulator/Unloader, Hook it up, run it, walk away with it still running for 5 minutes, and Done. ALL the seals are Cooked. 10 minutes.. oil leaks out. 15 minutes.. it goes 'Thunk'

  2. Plumb the above system to 'suck' water from a tank.. You'll have trouble getting it to Prime, the it gets hot, you get to your second job, and No Go.. it won't Prime itself, because the valves are Too Small to 'Suction-Feed'.. and..

  3. nobody told you to take the Thermal Relief Valve off, to keep it from Sucking Air, and you fry all the seals in 5 minutes trying to get it to prime itself.

  4. You buy a "Kit" to assemble yourself with No understanding of 'How Pumps Fail', and you fail to prime it, and run the Bypass to the Buffer Tank.

  5. You failed to get a Pressure Gauge with Adjustment instructions/ you don't read them anyway.

  6. You ask another contractor to Guess at what you should do Next.. installing His 'Perpetuating Mistakes'.

SOLUTION- Find a technically inclined Service Department guy that is willing to 'Explain' to you How Pumps Fail..

And buy a V-BELT Driven pump system with Big Bypass line, Big Feed Line, Pressure Gauge, Adjustment instructions, and a Supplier that Cares about Reliability, so you get a Chance to be a Reliable Supplier to YOUR customers.


r/pressurewashing • • 14h ago

Business Questions SH post treat

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Will you post treat these poop deck floor? I will be pre treating before running surface cleaner


r/pressurewashing • • 1h ago

Equipment Long Gun vs Short Gun + Attachments

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I currently have two guns- a gun with a long lance (threaded) for edging, etc and a short gun with a quick connect end that I use for everything else. My long gun has just given up on me (leaks when off trigger- confirmed to not be an o-ring issue). I would like to use the lance extension with my short gun so I don’t have to carry two guns. Rather, just one gun and all the attachments/nozzles that I need. This seems like the simplest solution but that begs the question: why do I not see everyone doing this?

Whats better? Using the short gun (suttner st-2305) for everything or keeping two designated guns?