Although reducing the pipe size might help with slightly better pressure it would be minimal and probably not enough to change anything. Its generally better to always go as big as possible than reduce down at the pump. If you want to continue using the tank i recommend getting a gear drive set up and attach it between your engine and pump. That will allow it to pull water. Try the spigot and see if that fixes it, if not than try the seals and packing.
Ok that may be a really good option for me. Is there any way you could post a link for the gear drive? If I can get my pump to pull water and let me get through this first year where I can save some money up. Then I could get one of these 5.5 gpm belt drives most of yāall have. @Donte55
If money is tignt, it should only take a handfull of houses to save up $1300 and buy a belt drive 4gpm and then work towards a better machine.
im thinking youāre right. I just want to be versatile enough to do my soft washes. Then be able to knock out driveways pretty quickly with a surface cleaner. Maybe I could sell my current setup to recoup money. My next big purchase was going to be a roof system but maybe I need to focus on my current unit itself. Iāve been trying to figure out a way to bolt a belt driven pump to my current motor but canāt find anything but total packages when I search.
What about this pump?
This one will draw water right?
Why force you self to use a buffer? By removing the tank you would get back so much space. Direct vs belt drive have the same versatility in terms of soft washing. If your problem turns out to be due to the buffer tank not supplying your pump enough water than it would probably be better to just run it straight from the spigot. Unless most of your homes in your area cant keep up with 4gpm. It would probably be better to just save up and buy a second machine that way you now have a back up.
I think most pumps can pull/suck water. The reason direct drives donāt pull water is because they spin too fast. A belt or gear slows them down allowing them to pull water.
Just try running straight from the spigot, you may have to re-adjust your unloader though if you have been messing with it. As for why your machine is bogging down that could be another issue (carb, fuel blockage, compression off). The next step after spigot test i think would be changing out the unloader. Unloader is cheaper, easier to diagnose than packingās and seals replacement even though you already bough them. This is assuming theirs nothing wrong with your engine.
Wonderful equation. TY
You have the right tools. 2500 works fine on most concrete and 4gpm is fine. Just make sure your tips are set up for the full 2500 psi. Hit the tip chart. And be sure to pre and post treat.
