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R. Williamson

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  1. One of the mechanics here (21 years experience) was telling me when the pump seals are going out it can have troubles pulling from a tank but will work with forced water, ie...hose bib. Just like stated above

    This is true but more than likely the low pressure seals would leak when water was forced.

    Also as Paul stated does the engine shut off or does the pump lose pressure?


  2. First thing to check is spark.

    Second if you have spark, check compression.

    If you do not have spark, check the key switch by disconnecting the kill wire and try to pull start.

    The white smoke could have just been gas entering a hot combustion chamber without spark to ignite it.

    Those engines have two coils. I have not seen them go both go bad at the same time. There is a diode in between the two coils that goes bad but one of the coils would still have spark enough to make it run but badly I do not feel this is what you problem is though.

    If it has spark the engine is in bad shape. The compression test will tell that.


  3. The only time you risk removing the paint from the gutters is under two scenarios.

    The home owner has repainted the gutter over the factory finish or the oxidation in the paint is completely through the finish.

    This is how F-13 works by removing the oxidation layer of the paint where the black streaks are locked in and leaving the gutters shiny because it has removed the oxidation.


  4. Lance, You need to adjust the regulator on the Shurflo to not cycle as much and change your injector to a 5-8 gpm. On a side note this only works on pressure type unloaders.

    Mike, the X-Jet works under high pressure with no back pressure after it pulls the chemical into the stream. A higher velocity of water will create more pull. With a downstreamer this is not obtainable. The reason this method kills injectors is that it fatigues the spring that keeps the ball off the body of the injector. This is why injectors fail the extra pressure from the Shurflo increases the speed of failure.

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