[davetherave]

bear with me im a beginner to this pressure washing game.

 i've got a brand new delta honda gx petrol pressure washer. I haven't had it very long. Only done one job with it in fact.

 The only gripe i have with it is its bloody hard work getting the thing started. I play around with the choke and the rev lever before pulling on the start up cord and it can take loads of go's to finally get the thing going.

Once its warmed up and running there's no problem.

Does anybody have any advice or know if there is anything i can do to preferably make it start on the first couple of pulls coz its very frustrating when it doesn't want to start and makes me look like a total muppet in front of customers. 

[John Kelly]

Usually start first couple of pulls. Starting from cold, open choke fully, leave throttle on full revs at all times. Make sure switch is on. Should start 1 or second pull. Be ready to move choke to closed pretty quick.
Once warm should start without choke.

[davetherave]

hi john kelly cheers for the reply. I think every pressure washer is different because the way i finally got mine to start yesterday was by using no choke at all.

It was a warm sunny day

I think mine only needs the choke in cold weather

[Len Gribble]

Don’t know if this will help on my diesel one last thing I do is connect the water supply.

Len

[davetherave]

i think a lot of it has to do with me getting used to using the machine

[Majestic]

With mine I dont need much choke, if I try to pull it to many times it floods. I start off with just a little choke .

[Ged]

know what you mean about looking muppet cos mine was a b***** to start till someone told me to turn off the petrol before moving or during transport as the vibration and bouncing over road humps etc floods the engine. they were right. now starts easily.

Ged

[Kleen Machine]

If you have a Honda GX engine, when cold, choke and be prepared to back it off slowly. Do all this with the gun depressed. If it pops and stutters with the choke lever actived, take the choke off and with the gun depressed, give it one pull and it should start right up.
Keep the gun depressed and let it warm up before releasing the trigger.

You should have the choke lever completely off while it's running. If you have to slide the choke part way to keep it going, then you may have some trash in the main jet of your carb.

Good luck,
Merrill