Have a RedLion 1.5 HP Sprinkler Pump FL-SPRK Series. Have it hooked up. We are using a 1-1/2 line for suction and 1-1/2 for discharge. Pump comes on but water is just trickling through line.

SOURCE: Bissell Pro Tech Pro Steam Cleaner - no suction @ pump

Take a look at the Service Center Repair Manual (courtesy of Bissell New Zealand):
http://newzealand.bissell.com/images/IncludeContent/Service_Center_Help/Upright_Deep_Cleaner_Repair_Guide.pdf

There's a (basic) diagnostic routine for cleaning solution flow (page 7). However, there's a step that's (somewhat) left out. If you follow the diagnostic and get no spray, then try to spray with the hand-held upholstery thing. If:

1) you can spray cleaning solution with the hand-held upholstery thingie, and

2) there's no pinching of the lines at the base of the unit,

...then your heater block is probably blocked. There's a Lower Handle Disassembly guide (page 20) which you can follow to get at the heater block. The input port on mine was blocked with lime, and quite clearly so (I live in an area with pretty heavy water). You can also take the heating block apart (page 8) to better clean out the flow channels, and apply some descaler. I suppose you could also just recirculate descaler through the input and output ports of the heater block, but I wasn't exactly equipped to do so.

If you can't spray cleaning solution from either the upholstery thingie or the main unit, you probably need a new pump. Word of advice: get the one with the METAL PULLEY on the end. The old ones had plastic pulleys which often failed or deformed to uselessness after a while. Since the pulley wasn't replaceable, you had to order the whole pump assembly. Bissell maintains a list of service centers in various countries / cities which can either repair your unit for you, or, considering the name of this website, sell you the parts.

Good luck!

SOURCE: Rainbow E series Canister shampooer

i have never used my rainbow shampooer and have had it 2 or 3 years it is not working it will **** up water but will not spray water or shampoo what do i do?

SOURCE: pump fills with air and suction is lost. seems

There is a gasket on the air duct that can move and allow ari to be sucked in. Go to the following site and click "view larger":

http://c.managemyhome.com/mmh/answers/Answers.action#l4q145526

This will open a seperate window showing some pictures, one of which shows the gasket on the air duct. Make sure its seated properly.

SOURCE: water is not being discharged.

That means that the pump belt is worn and it needs to be replaced. You can get a replacement belt and view the manual here:

Bissell Pump Belt

Marla McDaniel

• 6 Answers
• Posted on Oct 15, 2010

SOURCE: Need Kirby Generation 3 Vacuum cleaner manual.

If your brush roll is turning and your bag is not overly full, then the only other thing it can be is a clog where the bag connects to the vacuum. Turn the plastic part out away from vacuum and lift off to see if you have something clogging it. It would have to be something big, but not so big that it could not get past the fan. As a rule of thumb, KIRBY never clogs. I suspect that your belt is stretched out and your brush roll is not turning while on the carpet so the brush roll is just in the way rather than brushing your carpet to pick up dirt.