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Connect Hoses and Prime the Pump

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How To Use a Pressure Washer | Professional Tips & Tricks

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What happens here

Before starting the engine, securely connect the pressure washing hose to the water outlet of the machine and the garden hose from the water source to the water inlet. Ensure all connections are tight to prevent leaks. Once connected, slowly turn on the water source and pull the trigger on the spray gun without starting the engine to allow water to flow through the system. This 'primes' the pump, pushing out any trapped air until a steady stream of water emerges from the nozzle. This prevents air pockets from potentially damaging the pump when the engine starts.

Goal: Prepare the pressure washer system for startup by removing air.

Tools and materials

  • Garden Hose — Supplying water to the pressure washer
  • Pressure Washer Mi-T-M — The main cleaning device
  • Pressure Washing Gun — To control water spray and prime the pump
  • Pressure Washing Hose — Connecting the pressure washer to the spray gun

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get this thing up and running all right so I'm going to begin hooking up my hoses so I'm going to hook up this my pressure washer hose I'm going to hook up my water hose my water water source don't want to turn on anything till I get my hoses and my gun hooked up otherwise water's just going to be shooting everywhere so if I hook up my water and not and if I don't hook up my pressure washer hose water will just start shooting out right here so I'm going to hook that up got pressure washer hose hooked up got my gun hooked up now I'm ready to turn on the water make sure there's no kinks in your hose if you get any kinks in your hose at any point in time it's going to stop flow to the pump and the pump will get hot so you want to keep keep it running so now I'm going to get ready to fire up my pressure washer so the pump itself you know it definitely it has to Prime so it has to get all the air out you know actually struggle for a while like um priming itself and getting the air out to help it out you actually just take run your pressure washer until you can get all the air bubbles out and you'll see eventually I'm going to have a nice steady stream of water as it's purging their air out so I got a nice

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