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Art O · Approved Exterior Cleaner

soap injecters

waxman18324 · Founding Member Rest in Peace

Art,

What manufacturer are they?

Hank

Art O · Approved Exterior Cleaner

GP, I'm waiting for a work order so I can send them back to GP so they can look at them. They still look brand new. I think I got a bad batch!

waxman18324 · Founding Member Rest in Peace

What is the issue? Did they stop drawing chem? Are they leaking?

Hank

Art O · Approved Exterior Cleaner

waxman18324 wrote:
What is the issue? Did they stop drawing chem? Are they leaking?

Hank

Working in reverse, Filling the bucket up!

-- Edited by Art O on Wednesday 10th of June 2015 02:19:51 PM

Diamond Roof Cleaning · Approved Exterior Cleaner

That means the ball is stuck. Shoot some wd-40 in the bottom hose barb and push a tiny nail in there to loosen it up.

waxman18324 · Founding Member Rest in Peace

Mike,

Good info. I now have two as back uos to mjetting. I might switch over soon

Hank

Art O · Approved Exterior Cleaner

I go threw about a dozen a year of them things. Nothing ever works to fix them. This year they seen to be going even faster. I will try the wd and a nail thing tomorrow and see if it works

Hank if your going D/S buy 1/2 dozen at a clip and have them ready to go. Nothing like having to stop and build a injector. I have them set up with a plug and a coupler ready to go on the machine. Less down time on the job.

waxman18324 · Founding Member Rest in Peace

Sounds like some sound advice. Ill pick up some more from Tom at ACR Products as he is half hour away.

Hank

Art O · Approved Exterior Cleaner

Soap injecters and pull cords are the only things that ever brake on my machines.

Ed Thompson · Approved Exterior Cleaner

Art,

We use the same GP, all the time, every day. It might make more sense to buy the rebuild kits instead of buying the whole thing. If you think about it, the body stays the same where as the spring and the 1/8th" o-ring are the only degraded parts. Here's what I can say: If I'm not mistaken you use 4gpm machines at 3500 psi. I used to use the same machine for years and i too always used to have problems. When I switched to larger gpm machines the psi dropped. We use 8gpm machines at 1800 psi max. We've had far less problems since the switch.

My theory is that a higher psi machine is putting more wear on the ball, spring and o ring. Everytime you let go of that trigger the psi can spike around 4000. That is quite a bit of wear on the moving parts. That is 4000psi worth of pressure trying to push that ball pass the 1/8" o-ring. This might be the problem. I may be wrong, but this is what Ive noticed.