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UK General Cleaning Forum => General Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: concept on April 10, 2014, 12:16:44 pm

Title: PW wont start?!
Post by: concept on April 10, 2014, 12:16:44 pm
Our spare machine was being used yesterday, started up fine, ran all day, and the lads run out of fuel on last job.

Got a large cladding clean to do this weekend, so checking it out today to ensure its ok, and it just wont fire up.

Tried every combination of choke/throttle possible, and it wants to go at some points, revs up and just dies out.

Any ideas?
Title: Re: PW wont start?!
Post by: KLEENAWAY on April 10, 2014, 12:59:13 pm
The carb will need cleaning i reckon mate

Danny
Title: Re: PW wont start?!
Post by: JSMC on April 10, 2014, 01:38:03 pm
i'd also clean out air filter as it may have got   filthy  from last job you done.
Title: Re: PW wont start?!
Post by: concept on April 10, 2014, 02:10:35 pm
The carb will need cleaning i reckon mate

Danny

Spray some carb cleaner down it?
Title: Re: PW wont start?!
Post by: KLEENAWAY on April 10, 2014, 02:29:46 pm
The carb will need cleaning i reckon mate

Danny

Spray some carb cleaner down it?

No mate, shut the fuel off so no fuel can get through. Their is a 10mil nut at the bottom of the carb....undo it and take the float bowl off the bottom and see if their is any c**p in that. If their is then more than likely that one of the jets in the carb is blocked. Turn the fuel on when the float bowl is off and see if you get fuel coming through....then lift the float up and see if the fuel stops. The carb would need to be taken off if it still doesn't work and cleaned properly

Danny
Title: Re: PW wont start?!
Post by: concept on April 10, 2014, 02:53:31 pm
I think I will just make use of the other one then  ;D

No more time can be afforded on that thing today!
Title: Re: PW wont start?!
Post by: Don Kee on April 11, 2014, 02:43:38 pm
Is it not the same as a normal engine and need bleeding if you ran out of fuel?(diesal)
Title: Re: PW wont start?!
Post by: concept on April 11, 2014, 04:38:39 pm
Petrol.

Got a loan of a diesel machine as back up now, so will get it looked at next week.
Title: Re: PW wont start?!
Post by: chris scott on April 11, 2014, 06:43:18 pm
Check the oil level.