Pressure washer repair / Pressure washer has no pressure 

UPDATE:1 year and still cranks within the first 2-3 pulls. Probably will buy another when this one finally does bite the dust ru-vid.comUgkx43QMbQqu67IZadu9ou8Sg1BdrunMRNqX . No issues at all. Very happy with it.UPDATE: After 6 months of use and over 70 uses I would still highly recommend this pressure washer. It does vibrate a decent amount but never had it “walk” like others have mentioned. No oil leaks, still seems to run like the day I bought it. Still cranks within 2-3 pulls every time. Very happy with my purchase!Have used it about a dozen times now. Plenty of power, cranks up on 1-2 pulls every time. My only complaint would be I wish it was a little taller to make it easier to walk with it (hits my ankles a lot) and that the two hose connections were a little further apart but it hasn’t caused me any issues. Seems to run a good 1-1/2-2 hrs on a full tank, overall a well built machine and definitely worth the money in my opinion.

you are awesome! I bought an expensive power washer to avoid issues. property maintained it for two years and then no pressure. I was furious... waited almost an hour on hold with support only to be told that it's my wand which I knew it wasn't. your 2 minute fix saved me further turmoil aggravation . thank you so much!!! really appreciated! you are an asset to society!

If RU-vid existed for no other reason than videos produced by helpful guys like this one it would still be great.

This video just saved me in a bind. I have a 15 year old husky 2200psi, and it wasn't getting any pressure. Checked all the obvious stuff, and couldn't get it running. Found this video, removed the spring, cleaned it up, greased it up, and put it back together. Thing runs like a million bucks now. Thanks!

I was getting ready to pressure wash at my Church and my PW had no pressure! Luckily I found your video and in a few minutes I was able to get back to work! Thanks for the advice!

This quick fix saved my ass today. I was right in the middle of a job, and only took about 10-15 minutes from google, to this video, to fix, to back to work. Many thanks!

Thank you for this tip. Fixed two years worth of frustration in 20 minutes.

Very cool guys, honest and to the point, obviously promoting warranty centers in general, which all centers that are trained and paid to be warranty centers for products should be happy. Tx.

Chris, thank you for a very helpful video, your instructions were clear and accurate. It only took me 10 minutes to make the repair and now my power washer works like new.

Perfect!! Took it out and sprayed a little oil on it..resumed full pressure. Saved the day and at least $100. Greatly appreciated!

YOU.ARE.THE.MAN! Thank you so much for posting this video...I just fixed my neighbor's pressure washer in 5 minutes and now he thinks I have special powers

Thanks for the video.. I have a power washer thats less than a year old and had no pressure. I had the stuck unloader valve issue. Saved me a alot of headaches with the help from this video. You are awesome

THANKS SO MUCH!!! I'M BACK UP AND RUNNING!!! Straight to the point!!! No stupid 15 min. safety instructions!!! Just GREAT advice on how to fix the problem. AAA+++

Chris you are the man!! ya just saved someone ad H.D. an ass kicking!! unstuck and greased the unloader, works fine. Thank you for posting a REAL video.

Thank you Chris! Fixed my problem at no cost. For the record, I have a different Craftsman unit and the U clip is under the valve rather than on the side. Same principle though.

Worked like magic on my Homelite. Thanks for the easy fix!

Thank you for the video! It fixed the issue I had with my brand new out of the box Ryobi 2800. Taking the part out was much more difficult than your video showed. Needless to say, it was bone dry and all is good again. Once again, thanks.

This is exactly the fix my unit needed. Saved me a repair bill or having to buy a new unit. Thank you!

Thank you very much for posting! This was exactly the problem with my unit and I only needed to take my unloader out and push the tip in and out a few times. You saved the day.

Thanks a lot. I cleaned and worked on a bunch of different stuff but didn't want to mess with that part because I thought it looked too important for me to fiddle with but I did what you said and sure enough I have pressure now. Thanks again.

Thank you so much! This little trick worked on my Simpson. It's out of warranty so this saved me probably $50-100. My unscrewed instead of using the clip - but this got me in the right place. Thanks again.

Thank you so much! I was just about to take it to repair shop when I saw your video. Just saved me $100.

This Article/Video was spot on. Super helpful. Armed with this information I went from having to buy a pump ($200) to a $9.00 part from Simpson. I'm in Florida, wish I was in New York so I could give you guys some business. Rod

I can only say THANK YOU VERY MUCH! This is exactly what was wrong with my pressure washer, now just like new.

Albany NY here and this is what I was looking how to take that spring thing out....mine I just bought $20 cash and has been sitting 3 yrs in a shed ...changed the fluids and fired right up but NO PRESSURE..now I got a good clue why... NICE thanks for the video......

Before you try replacing the pump - try this fix - it worked for me and was amazingly easy and quick! I even called them to get their address to send them a check as I wanted to support this shop and hope they continue to post very helpful fixes like this one. This easily saved me $100 - $200 in repair bill and/or my husband and I almost just went out and bought a new one.

You hit the nail right on the head for what was wrong with mine thank you thank you for your video keep up the great work

Thank you so much! This was exactly my problem. 2 minute fix! TheWarrantyCenter you rock, out loud and in stereo!!

Awesome advise. Just what I need it! Short and straight to the point. Nothing more. Nothing less. Thanks a lot "TheWarrantyCenter" .. +A+A+A

Great advice just had problems with my PW with no pressure watched this video, fixed the problem...easy fix. Thanks again

Chris, THANKS A BUNCH! I thought I'd have to buy a new washer.... Works like new!!

Wow. I just received a new pump that I bought online. But then i saw this video, Ill try this first, thanks!!

Great job guys.. saved 100 dollars. A big thank you from Canada....

yup, this video just saved me a trip to the repair center !! thanks a million .....

Thanks for posting this. It sure saved me some time and frustration!

These particular units can be finicky. I have the Honda engine with the brass pump housing, used it a total of three times. Last year it would chug and eventually refuse to run with the choke off. This season I decided to fix it and today wound up replacing the entire carb, they are so cheap it's worth it. It now runs great but then I had no pressure! I checked the hose, made sure I had decent water feed, then took off the wand hose and sure enough, no water or very little water. I looked up the entire pump price and they are over $90! By that time, I was ready to drag it into the backyard and put some holes in it. Then I found this video. In literally 10 minutes I had the "unloader" out, freed up the pin, soaked it in parts cleaner, greased the fittings and installed. I have good pressure and will order and "unloader" as a backup in case I need it. So after all this I realized two things: 1) I need to be more patient and look at a problem from more than one angle 2) I need to keep visiting youtube for incredibly helpful videos such as yours..............I owe you one guys...thanks!!

Thank you sir. You saved me much time and aggravation. Different style pressure washer, exact same problem. Thank you again.

All I did was replace the spark plug. Works like a charm 🙏🏻

Good business to help your customers by making repair vids. Good for you.

Thank you very much, this was exactly the problem. I was about to trash my washer

Wow thank you! This worked on my BlackMax washer that had not been used in a year or more.

This solved my issue with a 5 month old Ryobi 3100 psi.. Thank you

instantly regained pressure!!!! very helpful. thanks

I went from "Awww @#$!" to working unit in *5mins*. My Simpson unloader unscrewed: the plunger had red rust, and once I twisted and loosened it with grease, reinstall and all set. Thank YOU!

Great video, easy to understand, good audio and video work.

Watched video. Fixed pressure washer. Thank you.

Thanks Chris. This helped fix my Homelite 2700 Honda.

Excellent simple explanation.

Thank you. Worked perfectly for my troybilt

thank you very much, helped out a lot!! got the pressure back

Thank you. Mike Sacramento..

Chris great video thanks so much. I have a Ryobi 2300 psi/Honda GCV160 engine pressure washer...only one season on it; wouldn't start so cleaned carb no starts / runs perfect until I load the engine...then it wants to die

Great video guys! Thanks from Dalton Ga. You saved me a trip to the shop!

Thanks for the video! works perfect now.

A million thanks for your great tips

Thank you for this video, i fix in 5 min

Hi I have one of these with a pressure issue. I have some water leaks on the quick couplings on the pressure side. On closer inspection the O rings on 2 of the connectors are missing. I lent it to a mate about 4 months ago and looks like he blew the O rings out and didn't replace them. I did pull the unloading valve out and checked it and that's fine. I also had to clean the garbage out of the hose connector screen as I'm thinking he hooked his hose up with out flushing the crap out of his hose first. Lesson learned. Don't lend stuff to mates!!

Thanks for your help, it worked like a charm!

Thanks. My old pressure washer works like new now.

Thanks Man, this really helped me

pressure washer works again like new thank you...

Worked great. Thank you. Very easy repair

We have had some questions on adjusting the nut under the black plastic cover to get more pressure, If you tighten the lock nut under the black plastic cap not enough you will loose pressure, if you tighten it too much it will not go into bypass and may stall the engine. The unloader is basically a valve that opens when the water has no place to go, when you squeeze the trigger on the gun the valve closes and water follows under pressure. Remember its important not to let the engine run for more than 2 minutes without squeezing the trigger to let water flow because the water in the pump will boil and melt the plactic check valves.

Thanks. you save me some money I check that and I fixed that was the problem

Guys, what do you do to it once you get it out? You have showed a couple that are already fixed. Show one that is broken, so we can see what you're doing to them to fix them.

Perfect case scenario. My unloader is stuck. I been pulling on it. Prying on it. Spraying penetrating oil on it. Wont budge. Same issue with removing the hoses. Brass/aluminum don't mix. Ive tried pipe wrenches on the hoses. Nothing comes off a pressure washer easy. Reaction between brass and aluminum and possibly detergent. Hopefully taking pump off will do something for me. More leverage. I don't know. Sometimes I wish these vids would show worst case scenario. Nothing ever comes off easy. I wanna see someone else fighting it to.

Exactly what I needed to get some pressure up...thank you!

Glad we could help.

Awesome video. Thank you.

Thank you for all your patronage and approvals on this video, this video was actually made for one person that had a problem that we couldn't explain on the phone. We are a service center that Lowes, Walmart, Home Depot, and online sales use, at times we pick up and reburbish equipment for their customers or resale. One of the biggest problems we seen was people changing, filling or checking the oil in their machine so we made a video on our website many years ago that the store manger could refer them to. mowerdoctor.com/new_page_1.htm .The video's are old but at the time they also helped a lot of people

Worked perfectly. Thanks....

As mentioned below, it would be nice to see a repair of a faulty unloader.

Thank u my friend!!

Very useful video

Thank You! Its was a pretty easy fix.

had the same issue with the honda homelight power washer. your solution fixed it in 5 minutes. Thanks!!!

Thank you very much for the wisdom. Also if I hook up the water hose to the intake and turn the water on, no water comes out the pressure hose or outlet at all. Any suggestions please?

Thanks, it work's for me 👍👍👍

Thank you so much and you saved my money 😀😀😀

Thank you much :) How to put the u pin back. Mines is difficult

My unloader valve looks fine. I can see pressure building in the hose, I can squeeze the trigger and get a burst of pressure but it wont recover and keep presssure. As soon as i let go of trigger it will regain pressure in the hose, once pressure has been reached you can see the pump turn off as if its in standby. Pull the trigger, burst of pressure then pukes out. Not sure what to look for from here. Thanks

Could you please explain the process for setting the unloader spring setting, what to do, what to look/listen for etc, to know that the unloader is correctly tightened?

Thanks, worked great

very helpful video ! you helped us to save hundreds of dollars/euros etc. for a new pump :)

My name is Vincent, i grew up in the Baldwin/Freeport Area, and moved to Monroe North Carolina (12 miles s,e of charlotte),but still currently a local 290 Carpenter for Long Island. I have a house in North Carolina, and in my off time I am a painter with a good name in the Charlotte area. I started a construction company back in 2013 with an ex-girlfriend that went sour, LOL after I moved out I took two big pieces of equipment which happens to be a generator and a power washer (homelite 2700 psi). I've only used my power washer for maybe 4 to 5 times since 2013, I have to use it tomorrow October 24,2016. The machine has been sitting since January 2014 without being used up until today when I noticed that there was no pressure coming from the hose, i've been working all day trying to figure out what was wrong with this machine until I came across this video, and pulled the part and started to push on that little valve stem and it wasn't moving. I turned it upside down and put it on the countertop and pushed on it and I heard a click, the valve stem started to move, I put it back into the machine, and now the machine works great! You guys are awesome! As of right now I only need this machine for tomorrow and I did order a new part off of eBay, the part should get me by for this job but is soon as the part comes in on Thursday I am going to change it. What a simple fix! I think I'm going to call you guys in the next few days or possibly tomorrow to personally thank you guys for uploading this video! There is definitely no way that I will ever would've been able to do it without you! This machine along with some other equipment is a vital part of my business here in North Carolina, again I couldn't thank you guys enough! You guys deserve a raise!

This would be great if my Ryobi wasn't so old. I got it for free from my buddy, so NOT complaining. It was leaking like nobody's business and came with a wand that couldn't be taken apart. So, I got a wand, nozzle and 5 tips on ebay, then a hose from Wal-mart. Fired it up....NO PRESSURE! Watched this video, the clip broke..had to take the assembly apart...got the clip out, but that darn unloader will NOT come out. I think it's rusted in there! I'm gonna keep trying...and yes I've sprayed it WD-40...ugh!!!

Thanks. Your terrific

Gracias camarada si me funciono gracias

Have you ever done one from a Steele 2500 PW with the Super Champion, Model is W5.0-A-02-YG. pump on it? Has the 3 brass nuts on it for the discharge valves and 3 more inside the housing.

works for me Chris, THANKS!TomJV

Thank you. Mine lost power two days ago. If it sits at idle the pressure to return for one squirt. Frustrating. I will check this first. It almost seems like a blockage. Thanks again.

I’ve been trying for an hour and can’t get the pump to even budge 1/100th of a MM to get it out. Will not budge at all

Thank you sir!!!

Hi Chris thank you for the video.... i have an ex-cell EXWGV 2121 and was wondering if y0u have a video on how to check unloader on that model...thanks in advance ken in oakley

I have Troy-Bilt 2800 2.3 gallons, I used the pressure washer a couple of weeks ago with no problems went to use it this last weekend and no pressure? When hooked up the and the engine not running water flows through the hose and wand just fine start the engine and no pressure, can you give me some ideas of what the problem is?

Hi . Last year i purchase a new pump and it work fine so i didn't used anymore, so coming this spring time i needed to used it again and for my surprise the engine start to stall when leaving the trigger, i proceed on checking the unloader valve which was working fine now i don't know where to go from here. Any help is much appreciated. Thank you.

Hi, thanks for the insightful video. I bought a new MS3125-S on Amazon and had it shipped ti Nigeria, Africa. I followed the steps diligently while unboxing and setting up but turned up with zero pressure! I checked the unloader valve just like you showed in this video, still the same zero pressure. Please help, what do I do? All my savings went into this.

Mine was free, do you have any other suggest. Mine will sometime have pretty of pressure then other times goes to low pressure and won't come back up.

I like to know if we can adjust the unloader valve

I follow your steps but the unloader valve does not come out, any recomendation?