Briggs & Stratton Gas Pressure Washer 20244 - Answered Questions & Fixed issues

Your carb is stopped up somewhere. Pull the carb, clean it and it'll run.

Sounds like fuel starvation, but I have a hunch that may be a design flaw in the HT ignition system whereby only a poor spark is got on tick-over. Maybe slightly narrowing the plug gap may work. Otherwise checkout this from other contributors: To start the machine properly you must depress the primer bulb at least 3 times to start the engine. The primer bulb is on the side of the carburetor. It can be black or red. otherwise, the ports in your carburetor could be clogged. Locate your carburetor and find the aluminum bowl underneath. On the bottom of the bowl, you'll find a bolt. Loosen the bolt (gasoline will come out because the bowl is a reservoir for gas, but please make sure you've turned the gas supply off) and remove the bolt and the bowl. Clean any debris out of the bowl. The ports are holes in the bolt you removed. Make sure that air can pass through these holes ( use thin wire, carburettor cleaner, etc.) Reassemble and your machine may run ok.

You need to go to a small engine repair center to find the primer bulb that fits on your motor. It will depend on what motor and carburator you have. They are fairly easy to replace. The primer bulbs 'melt' or go soft because of ethenol in gas. You should expect to get one to two years out of a bulb so you may want to get an extra or two.

Honda had a problem with the gas cap not venting properly, but commonly it will run for several minutes at a time before stopping. 30 seconds sounds like possible fuel delivery problem like a sticking float or dirty carb jet..especially if you have to run it with the choke on. A bad air filter...very dirty, or oil soaked might do this. Check your oil level. Sitting, oil is a little higher level than when running and these motors will not run if the oil level is too low.

replace the needle and seat in the carb

the engine might have failed unbolt the pump and see if its the pump that locked up or the engine

when it stops check for spark the coils go bad

check for spark

The primer bulb has a pin hole in it:
This is what you need:
http://www.mymowerparts.com/partdetail/1079/14606.php

All local lawn mower repair / parts sources have this part in stock. This is a common issue with primer bulbs that you have to hold the bulb in so that it will run. When you do that your stopping it from drawing air through the hole in the primer bulb so it operates normally. Replace the primer bulb and it will be fine.

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If you are refering to the engine, the drain plug is on the underside above the pump. Sometimes it's located on both sides at the very bottom where the engine is bolted to the frame. It may have both of these drains, but the one on the side you can't get to due to the frame being in the way so this is why they put them in two different spots. I hope this helps.

hi marlo. check the fuel level, the air filter, and the spark plug. clean or replace as necessary. then get a can of starter fluid and an assistant. give the air intake area, by the air filter a couple of squirts of starter fluid and then start it up. keep it running by squirting more starter fluid for up to 2 minutes until it will run on it's own. J.

There is a filter at the inlet where you connect the garden hose. There also may be a filter where the high pressure hose connects to the pump. There also may be a filter where the metal wand connects to the high pressure hose. Check them all.

LOOK , THERE IS A FILTER WERE THE HOSE HOOKS UP TO THE UNIT, ITS A SCREEN.. ALWAYS PURGE THE HOSE FIRST BEFORE HOOKING IT UP TO THE UNIT !

You have to make sure you are pressing the trigger while you start the pressure washer. You should also make sure you are releasing the pressure at least every 30 seconds or the pressure will build in the pump and the engine can stall.

If it stalls with pressure in the pump and you don't relieve it by pressing the trigger, it will be very difficult to start. The pressure will slowly bleed off over time, which sounds like what you are seeing.

After a long none use, I tried to wash my driveway and powered on the washer,it did, but when i tried to engage the power washer by pressing the wand lever, it did not engage. What can I do to get the power washer working?

if you have spark the its a fuel problem. i reccomend a product called START. walmart sells it it is amazing it cleand the varnish and gunk in the carb. their video shows starting a chainsaw with 3 year old gas in it. i use it and swear by it.

should be 20 oz of oil...there`s a drain plug on base or open up the oil fill cap and tilt engine over into a bucket will work also good luck

There is most likely a valve that shuts off the fuel to the carberator, check and make sure this is in the correct direction. Once it is, check the choke, some of these have a manual choke, some have an auto. with either case make sure that when it is shut off that the furthest out butterfly valve is closed, this will make it draw in that extra gas when it is trying to start cold.

This may not be the only solution but... the engine has a low oil pressure sensor that when the oil is low grounds the spark. Make sure the engine is completely serviced with oil. Once your sure the oil level is full attempt a spark check.

If you still do not have spark start looking at the black wire from the throttle control and check to see there are no bare / exposed parts on the wire that are touching the engine some where.

If all of that looks fine then disconnect ONE lead from the low oil level sensor and check spark again.

If you still do not have spark then most likely the problem can be either the igniton module or inside the air shroud a ground on the ignition coil or..... a failed coil.

Also make sure that the plug wire is not chaffed where it passes through the air shroud.

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This Power washer has a 3.75 hp Briggs and Stratton Engine. It does not have a choke but does have a primer bulb. You must depress the primer bulb at least 3 times to start the engine. The primer bulb is on the side of the carb. It can be black or red. If your still unable to locate the primer bulb please provide your ENGINE model number and I will provide you a link to a diagram for the location of the primer bulb.

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