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Can not start pressure washer
remove the small bowl attached to the carberator. be careful not to loose the pin for the fuel float. clean the junk out of the bowl. inspect the carb for and remove any junk/gel. reassemble and start.
Cannot start power washer
You will have to pull the cord 5-6 times for the fuel pump to fill up the carburetor. The carburetor doesn't have any fuel. Over the winter the carburetor dried up.
SEEPS GREY OIL
May be time for re-seal kit. Usually, water leaking into crank case of the pump will mix with the oil /grease and produce gray looking foam. This grey looking substance still has lubricating properties but is a sign that the seals are failing and allowing water to enter the crankcase. The water can enter thur /past the piston seals or thru crack in the chamber. On some high pressure pumps, there is space between the rear is the piston/cylinder area and the oil/crank case. This space will allow water leaking past the cylinder seals to drain out of the pump and not enter the crankcase. In any case, water or oil leaking out of the pump is not normal. If your pump has several hundered hours of use, check on ebay for complete replacement instead or rebuilding (rebuilding a pump is not always successful, for reliable performance, replace the whole pump with same or upgraded model ). Good luck
Grey solutions seep out
Usually indicates that water is leaking past piston seals into oil of crankcase. Remove oil plug and check for gray foamy oil in crankcase. If oil looks normal (compare to motor oil) oil may be entering pump chamber (not very likely due to high pressure, generally water will be forced into crankcase). If foamy oil is found, time for reseal kit or replace complete pump.
Honda GC160/ 5hp will not start
Two things here, Pull the line on the fuel tank off replace the in line fuel filter and replace the gas pump bulb if it is bad it will not allow the gas to stay in the carburetor. Also pull plug and see if it has good compression by putting you finger on top of it and move the flywheel till you get compression. Also the governor may be sticking it's connected to the carburetor and the arm that goes inside the engine. But the filter first.
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