No water flow

Dwelltech

Dwelltech

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I have an issue, it is that there is very little to no water pressure coming from the hose without a wand attached
This is the first time I fired it up this year, last year no problems at all. Has under 100 hours on it.
i thought it lost prime and hooked the water hose directly to the valve bypassing the tank. That got water to flow through the hose.

Reconnected to the supply tank and still nothing. I guess it's obvious it's not pumping water but I'm not sure why or what to look for. Make sense?

thanks

Hot& Mighty 3506 5.6 3500 psi HW
 
Crack the fitting loose on the high pressure line coming out of the pump.Sometime they wil cavitate.Did you blow all the water out of the lines or did you leave it in there etc.
 
Dwelltech said:
I have an issue, it is that there is very little to no water pressure coming from the hose without a wand attached
This is the first time I fired it up this year, last year no problems at all. Has under 100 hours on it.
i thought it lost prime and hooked the water hose directly to the valve bypassing the tank. That got water to flow through the hose.

Reconnected to the supply tank and still nothing. I guess it's obvious it's not pumping water but I'm not sure why or what to look for. Make sense?

thanks

Hot& Mighty 3506 5.6 3500 psi HW
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When you're feeding from the tank I would assume you're hearing your pump cavitating? Some sort of absruction between tank and pump. Clogged filter? Valve(s) not fully open?
 
Steven Button said:
Ball valve between tank and filter closed?
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Haha, trust me I checked that a dozen times before I posted anything. I didn't notice any cavitating so to speak everything seemed normal. I blew water out of the lines in the fall and it was stored in a heated garage all winter.
I have to mention that after I got the flow through the hose I connected it back to the supply tank and got nothing,so I tried the bypass again and got actually even less to no flow connected to the valve.

Seems to not be drawing water at all.





ill check the things you other guys are referring to and report back,hopefully something simple
thanks guys
 
Pop the valves out of the pump and see if they're stuck shut.
 
Ball valve is open, removed the valves and they appear to be fine. Water is flowing to the pump but not going much further.
Don't know if will help but here is s short video of the machine running. Maybe someone sees or hears something I don't know to look or listen for
 
Is the control closed for your chemical/soap injector. Air suck serious if not.
 
Russ Johnson said:
It's all stopped up.
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I back flushed it a bit like you suggested Russ. Not too much of anything came out a little brownish for a minute.
re hooked it back up and got good pressure. Thought that was the end of it but....
now it builds pressure for a minute or so then drops off, have to close ball valve and wait maybe 20-30 seconds for it to come back. I appreciate the help on the phone by the way.
 
Looks to be the unloader, took it apart and found some gunk inside. Old sealant I think. Ordered a new one from Russ, hopefully that's the end of it.
 
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