Pressure washer overheating?

Q. I have a Troy-Bilt pressure washer with a Briggs & Stratton 675 series 190cc engine. After about 10-15 minutes of use, it starts to smell funny like its overheating (and I feel an excessive amout of heat radiating off the engine), and its starts running weird, like its low on fuel. I don't how the engines are cooled on these, I imagine they are similar to a lawn mower? What can I do to resolve this, or what should I check for clogs, leaks, etc.? Thanks

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It could be doing this as the filter is blocked up and pushing muck through but can't get any water through hence burning the motor out, which causes over heating. Or parts of your pressure washer could have melted due to running longer hours than it is designed to.
Hope this helps as I have had similar problems in the past.

my pressure washer the bottom ot the briggs and stratton motor lost four bolts and now water gushes out?

sgb

i can not screw the bolts back in. how can this be fixed

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In all probability you need a new pump. Pump head bolts typically stay put. The fact they are out and do not want to go back in is a red flag to any experienced repairman.Something bad happened to get to this point

The head bolts might be broken

remove all other bolts holding head to pump ( there should be four more)

remove pump head from pump.

inspect bolts stripped or broken

If they are stripped you need a new pump.With the pressure a unit produces and half of them damaged it will be nearly impossible to fix. You can try with helicoils but I would not ever attempt it with half the bolts damaged

If they are broken remove bolts from pump. Get a new packing kit for for pump head and eight new head bolts. Install using locktite

Other things that could be wrong

look at pump pistons are the broken or scored? is so they need to be replaced

shake pistons is there play? if there is play the rods on your crankshaft are loose or broken

Sometimes it is cheaper to get a new pump. You can keep your old one for parts

Best answer I can provide with above information

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I took apart my pressure washer pump and gear oil has spilled all over. How do I reassemble?

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I took apart my Karcher K2400HH pressure washer pump unit from the engine and now gear oil is all over on the ground. I think I took the whole pump unit out and now I need to reassemble it back again. How do I put it back together, where do I fill the oil back in and what type of gear oil should I use? Any help would be appreciated.

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I had the same problem with a Generac Model No 1537 2400PSI washer.!!! This unit has a 5.5 HP Honda engine.
I'm a builder, and one of my customers gave me this pressure washer after he had problems with it. Seems he left it with the gas in it for years and gummed up the carb. He told me his daughter ran it without the water turned on and burned up the pressure pump. He bought a new pump, but had no idea how to replace it. When I removed the old pump, I had a flood of oil on the garage floor. The new pump was a Briggs and Stratton kit #193473GS, and did not have the wet bearings of the original. It bolted right up to the bottom of the engine and works like a charm.. It took a little cleaning with Gum-out to get the engine running, but now it works fine.
I remember that there was a drain plug on the side of the pump shaft housing, but nowhere in the service manual did it tell you what weight oil went in there ,or how much.

How to quiet a small gas engine.?

tonymonton

I bought an 11HP Craftsman pressure washer. The engine is a Briggs and Stratton, Intek model. This is an awesome pressure washer. But, it sounds like a dragster (ok I'm exaggerating). I called Briggs tech support and they said they were working on a solution, but it may take 2 years. I will lose a lot of hearing in 2 years, and my neighbors may set my house on fire when I go on vacation (I'm still exaggerating).
I was thinking of running it in my garage with the doors closed and running extra hose. This would probably work, but the risk of Carbon Monoxide poisoning is too great to try it I guess.
So, does anyone know of a solution to this, aside from buying an electric model? I don't want to part with this machine. :(

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Only way to quiet the exhaust is to fabricate a larger and thicker muffler or buy one that is larger that you can modify to fit the original bolt pattern and exhaust port size. I've done it on a few customers lawn equipment and with a skilled tech in welding is not that difficult although somewhat involved in layout and design. If the original muffler for the unit has a piece of pipe coming off it for exhaust, you could try attaching another muffler to it for say a small motorcycle or minibike of the same diameter pipe. Surprised the Briggs people would take that long to come up with a solution.
Another simpler solution is to build an insulated open-top box of plywood and foam insulation board to surround the washer with and direct the sound upwards---open top is necessary as it needs air flow to operate the engine or run it in a shed or garage if possible to deaden the noise. You'd have to ventilate the garage somehow or hook up a heat resistant hose to the exhaust and duct it outside with a blower like auto garages do.

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What's a fair price for this used pressure washer?

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Q. What's a fair price for this used pressure washer?
It was bought new June 2005. Briggs and Stratton 2900 PSI. Price was 487 new. It's been used 3 times by my dad. My dad wants to buy it from me. What should I ask for it. He found a new one at Lowe's 3000 PSI for 389.

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He's you dad ? I would just give it to him, sounds like he is the only one who used it. You haven't used it in almost three years. On the other hand if he is like my dad who insists on paying for everything I would charge him $75.00 and then take him out to lunch....my treat. :-)

What's a fair price for this used pressure washer?

Q. What's a fair price for this used pressure washer?
It was bought new June 2005. Briggs and Stratton 2900 PSI. Price was 487 new. It's been used 3 times by my dad. My dad wants to buy it from me. What should I ask for it. He found a new one at Lowe's 3000 PSI for 389.

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You can get them at Harbor freight for $100 ~ $200.

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