In my experience its always the pump. Most "consumer" brands have plastic
valving and if you don't keep water running through it constantly the pump
overheats and the valves melt. Advice from the repair shop: "Never put the
wand down with the motor running." Parts are available from several
sources and its not too difficult to rebuild. My TroyBilt had a common
pump (Anno-Reverbi maybe or something similar). You can buy a new pump for
about half the cost of the unit.
Ben......
On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 8:05 PM, David C. <cavanadd@frontier.com> wrote:
> My neighbor just gave me a Troy-Bilt Model 01904 pressure washer. It
> looks almost new, and I think he's only had it a few years. It has a
> single cylinder Briggs engine, and I think it's rated for around 2700 PSI.
> He told me that it runs fine, but the pressure and volume delivery are
> unsatisfactory. I haven't seen it in action yet; he just dropped it off
> this afternoon and all of my outlets are still winterized, and I don't feel
> like messing with another project right now.
>
> My pressure washer experience is limited to rental units that I used to
> use to pressure wash my deck and occasionally my roof years ago at my old
> house. These were usually pretty robust 3000-3500 PSI units with Honda
> motors. My present house has a metal roof and a plastic deck, so I
> haven't needed to rent one in over ten years. But free is free.
>
> I have the manual and all the paperwork. Any ideas on where to start?
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