Gas leaks out side of pressure washer

you either have a hole in tank or a hose is bad, take some silicome and patch

how do you know it is short? In most countries it is against the law to just refill the refrigerant you have to find the leak and fix it make sure it holds pressure then u can weigh the exact amount into it. You also have to Vac out the system before adding referigerant and also change the filter dryer if the system did indeed go short of gas

If you have compression then the first thing you check is for spark. If you have spark then you move on to the fuel system. You will have to pull off hoses at a couple of points to see if gas is at the carb and further along. If it is the carb then a simple carb kit will work.

you need to remove the carb and take it apart soak it in a cleaner then replace the needle valve and seat

Check the oil filter. The old gasket might be stuck on the engine (two gaskets stuck together), or the new gasket might be defective, misaligned or missing.

You will need to get a new filter, and drain some of the oil out of the machine. If you over fill these this will happen. 90% of the time nothing is broken.

definetly replace the paper filter and yes Lowes will carry them.if it does not leak now, I would leave it alone or you will be installing a nine dollar kit.The briggs kit # is 294260 is you choose to do it anyway

Get the leak fixed

try banging lightly on carberator with block of wood or something to free up float and valve!!!!

I have a Karcher K 3.86 M electric PW with a similar problem: water leaks from the pump near the outlet and the pressure surges on and off continuously at intervals of 1-2 seconds. The leak appears to be coming from a very thin crack in the plastic pump head in what I think is the "unloader" valve portion. I read elsewhere that if you leave water in these PW's and it freezes it will crack, causing leaks. I don't know how you can empty all the water out so I think we must store these PW's in areas that won't freeze in winter.