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SECTION THREE: TROUBLE-SHOOTING
Problem
Recovery tank
will not drain
No water supply
RPM's of vacuum motor
going dramatically down
Vacuum motor will not
turn on
Water going to machine
but not to prespray system
Hazing of view windows
Slow drying times or carpet
streaking
Machine shocks you
Defoamer not injecting
Cause
1. Closed drain valve(s)
2. Dirty float switch
3. Hot pump
4. Kinked drain hose
5. Pump not priming
6. Clogged water filters
7. Bad pump or float switch
1. Water not turned on
2. Closed valve(s)
3. Kinked hose
4. Broken or frozen solenoid
5. Broken jet spray switch or
indicator light
1. Recovery tank full of water
2. Excess soap residue in carpet
1. Check wall plug and plug on
back of machine
2. Check building's circuit
breaker
3. Bad switch, loose wire or bad
motor
1. Quick connect not seated
properly
1. Use of strong solvents
1. Obstructed air filter
2. Obstructed vacuum shoe
3. Worn gaskets (you should
hear sucking noises on water
channel)
1. Short or improper ground in
either machine or outlet.
1. Clogged defoamer valve.
2. Vacuum motor not on.
3. Vacuum shoe not sitting on
carpet.
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Solution
1. Open all drain valves (fig. 13).
2. Clean float switch (fig. 25).
3. Remove thumb knobs & push
engine compartment cover
back a few inches (fig. 19).
4. Unkink hose.
5. Tighten water filter swivel
nut (fig. 2) or replace impeller.
6. Clean filters (fig. 23).
7. Replace.
1. Turn water on.
2. Open all valves (fig. 13).
3. Unkink hose.
4. Replace.
5. Replace.
1. See above section: "Recov-
ery tank will not drain."
2. Increase defoamer injection
(see page 5).
1. Plug in.
2. Reset circuit breaker.
3. Call us.
1. Reseat quick connect.
1. Quit using them.
1. Clean air filter (fig. 24).
2. Clean vacuum shoe (fig. 27)
and side vacuum slots (fig. 26).
3. Replace water channel
(fig. 25).
1. Immediately stop operating
and call us.
1. Separate tube connector
above defoamer bottle. Open
defoamer switch and blow
through tube until unclogged
(fig. 16).
Turn on.
Sit vacuum shoe on carpet.
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