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Ran my new pressure washer today for first time. Got brand new gas , filled oil , fired up. Ran 20 mins made a big pop and died out now I can’t start it. Any ideas ?
Warranty it.
Stercorarius wrote:
52 minutes ago, Stercorarius said:Warranty it.
Shut fuel off by mistake lol
this is is after 22 hours in car to Florida so I have a good excuse
Lol, I’ve spent too much time cursing at small engines for not starting only to realize that ignition switch was turned off to judge you for this.
That’s the first thing I check, the next thing I check is I take off the gas cap. For whatever reason pressure washers are affected by defective caps very frequently. The tank becomes a vacuum and starves the engine of fuel.
I’ve seen 3 different brands do this in my experience, and one of them was the commercial big boy Dewalt 4200 PSI. Run great with the cap off or loose sitting over the hole, tighten it and would die within 30 seconds every time.