turbofiat124
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What exactly does factory refurbished mean? Especially when the item looks new and never used.
I bought a refurbed pressure washer from Ollie's Bargain Mart about a year ago. It's the same washer sold by Northern only with a different label for $100 less.
The first one had a cracked pump so I took it back and then gave me another one.
So far I've encountered a few issues. It's got a 6.5 HP Honda Engine. The other day I cranked it up to wash that road salt off my Subaru the city threw down last weekend. First I cheked the oil and it was low, just barely showing on the dipstick. I used it quite a bit last summer so just guessing it's uses 250 ml of oil every three hours maybe but doesn't smoke.
By contrast my push mower has the exact same engine and dad used this thing for over 10 years before he gave it to me and it doesn't use any oil.
I had to use some ether to get it started. But for some reason all the gas had evporated out of the tank. Normally I top off my equipment after each use so this doesn't happen and gum up the float valve. Maybe I forgot?
And it surges until it runs for a few minutes. Meaning it will buildup pressure then peter out several times for a few minutes until the engine warms up.
I have constant water pressure. My guess it's the engine speeding up and slowing down for some reason.
Last summer for some odd reason I used it for about an hour, took a break and couldn't get it started without ether. Like the engine was flooding out.
Maybe the float valve is not sealing all the way.
I bought a refurbed pressure washer from Ollie's Bargain Mart about a year ago. It's the same washer sold by Northern only with a different label for $100 less.
The first one had a cracked pump so I took it back and then gave me another one.
So far I've encountered a few issues. It's got a 6.5 HP Honda Engine. The other day I cranked it up to wash that road salt off my Subaru the city threw down last weekend. First I cheked the oil and it was low, just barely showing on the dipstick. I used it quite a bit last summer so just guessing it's uses 250 ml of oil every three hours maybe but doesn't smoke.
By contrast my push mower has the exact same engine and dad used this thing for over 10 years before he gave it to me and it doesn't use any oil.
I had to use some ether to get it started. But for some reason all the gas had evporated out of the tank. Normally I top off my equipment after each use so this doesn't happen and gum up the float valve. Maybe I forgot?
And it surges until it runs for a few minutes. Meaning it will buildup pressure then peter out several times for a few minutes until the engine warms up.
I have constant water pressure. My guess it's the engine speeding up and slowing down for some reason.
Last summer for some odd reason I used it for about an hour, took a break and couldn't get it started without ether. Like the engine was flooding out.
Maybe the float valve is not sealing all the way.
