Saw it at a garage sale, didn’t pay much attention then, but second thoughts now.
Seller says it dies when he pulls the trigger.
Honda 5 HP, can’t think of the brand name of washer though.
Looks real close to new, asking $100.
What’s wrong and is it worth the price of fixing?
Joe H
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Joe, you lazy SOB, why don't you google it?
google sez, unloader valve is dead.
Sounds like some sort of pressure reliev valve, spring and valve gizzy.
More googling needed.
Thanks Joe, Joe H
More than a spring & ball, but close.
Worth $100 probably, look at it again tomorrow.'
Joe H
I generally just go directly to Google, but i'm now considering offering similar tours of my mind as you have.
;^)
I was expecting an instant answer or 2 from the BT consultant crew.
Joe H
Asked and answered by whomever, i still learned something. Thanks and congrats on the find.
I was anxiously scrolling down to see if you were going to answer yourself again. If so I was going to recommend a self help book, or maybe direct you to a similar web site... ;-)
Further mumbeling to come later, I called the seller and told him I'd take it.
Joe H
If you can't fix it, the engine alone is worth more than $100. Definitely worth the price. Whatever brand it is, call the tech number or service place in your area and say I need a part for my pressure washer, it..... They'll know exactly what the problem is.
Honda engines have an low oil interrupt curcuit on the block. Kill that and see if it runs. The choke might be set too rich so when it loads up it quits. If you have a twist handle pressure regulator, make sure it's all the way open. Like said before, the unloader valve, but mine will run w/o the valve, cause I've done it. The motor alone is worth $100, if it's been maintained. Check the plug and gas too.
Often there is a unloader/relief valve that will shut down the enginge if you don't have enough water supply to satify the demands, SO NOT TO BURN UP YOUR PUMP.
That's why when you pull the trigger it shuts down, or pump would run dry.
Could be bad valve.,or tips worn to much allowing to much water flow so pump can't keep up, or ajust your un loader, could be a combination of a few simple things
Tips/nozzles wear out, don't last forever.
I'd betcha a dog bone or two it was a Karcher; a couple (maybe more) of their models had problems with the unloader valves including the one I had where I used to work. Got it to work for awhile by taking the valve apart and reassembling with white lithium grease........ plan on a new pump.. Not sure it's worth $100 by the time you get a new pump- you're back up in new machine territory pricewise.
Edited 4/5/2008 11:46 am ET by jc21
He said it is a Honda."Put your creed in your deed." Emerson
"When asked if you can do something, tell'em "Why certainly I can", then get busy and find a way to do it." T. Roosevelt
Mine's a Honda, with CAT pump.
Every time it's done that to me, replacing the plug did the trick.
Bought it Saturday for $100.
It's an Excell XR2600 made by Devilbiss with Honda 5HP engine.
Brought it home & dumped the old gas, put some in and pulled the string a few times. Nothing.
Pulled the plug this morning and cleaned it.
Pulled the string and it ran. Put hose on and fired it up.
Works perfectly.
Dogbones to Notchman, spark plug was it.
Joe H
This is the first time someone has actually sent me dogbones!I have two Mastiff/Saint Bernard mixed females and they smelled them as soon as the UPS truck drove up!I thank you, as do Dolly and Brandy.
Maybe it's the UPS guy they're smelling.
Feeling kinda guilty, but it could have just as easily been something else and frozen busted pump too. It had a little water in it, but I guess not enough to damage it when it froze.
Joe H
Well, you made a good score. I bought a chest freezer from a guy years ago for five bucks. Turned out, his receptical was bad. I got it home and it was still running fine when I sold it several years later