KARCHER Pressure washer suction feature

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HAS ANYONE EVER USED THEIR KARCHER TO SUCK WATER FROM A STATIC SOURCE BEFORE & How
 
Yep, all Karcher pumps have a self priming pump capable of pumping up water from a still source. Mine pumps water out of my 50 and 90 gallon mobile detail tank.

Karcher sells a special tube which you can stick to a lake or a pond. It has a built in filter so you wont suck up dirt
 
Rav777 said:
Yep, all Karcher pumps have a self priming pump capable of pumping up water from a still source. Mine pumps water out of my 50 and 90 gallon mobile detail tank.

Karcher sells a special tube which you can stick to a lake or a pond. It has a built in filter so you wont suck up dirt
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Thanks I have that tube and filter already, but was wondering if I could just hook up a suction (Water) hose from tank straight to pressure washer and get to work?
 
215Detailing said:
Thanks I have that tube and filter already, but was wondering if I could just hook up a suction (Water) hose from tank straight to pressure washer and get to work?
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Like stick the hose on the top of the tank, or opening, rather than rigging a hose and connection? That might work since the suction feature is pretty strong, some say it has flattened their hoses when they turn the faucet off, but I think in the long run it might strain the motor or pump depending on how high the water has to be pumped.
 
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was tyrying to pull water from a bucket but after three (3) minutes of nothing I turned unit off to prevent any damage to motor
any suggestions?​
 
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Karcher made in Mexico! Lowes dropped them about 3 yrs ago.
 
mark58 said:
Karcher made in Mexico!
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I believe KARCHER IS A GERMAN COMPANY, Much like BMW IS GERMAN but BMW SOME ARE MADE HERE IN THE USA see link: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The BMW US Manufacturing Company in Greer, South Carolina is BMW's only US production facility. It was built to serve the demand of BMW automobiles directly in the US. Due to the structure of BMW's production plan, however, the Spartanburg plant does not actually assemble all BMW vehicles sold in the US market; instead, the plant serves as the only X3 and X6 production site in the world. Hence, all models of these vehicles exported worldwide originate from BMW Spartanburg.

Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia KARCHER
Alfred Kärcher GmbH & Co. KG is a German manufacturer of cleaning systems and equipment, known for its high-pressure cleaners.
 
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215Detailing said:
was tyrying to pull water from a bucket but after three (3) minutes of nothing I turned unit off to prevent any damage to motor any suggestions?
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I have never tried to run it out of a bucket, but I have tried the same model of Karcher that you are using. There were times were it would not shoot water out even when hooked up to a 90 gallon tank. I figured out a trick and stuck it to the hose for a bit and let it build pressure. Its a messy task when you remove the hose but it might work.

1. Find a faucet and hook up the pressure washer. Make sure the pressure washer hose and wand are attached.
2. Run the pressure washer for a bit and then let it stop running with its auto stop feature. It should now have built pressure from the pump to the wand. Turn unit off and unplug, but do not release pressure on the wand.
3. Now the messy part is unhooking the hose connection. Turn it off to reduce backspray. And dont release the built up pressure from the wand.
4.) Hook up the hose accesorry and stick it in your bucket of water, Plug it in and release the pressure from the wand, it should now be sucking water from the tank. Hopefully this does the trick, as I have done this to my newer units before they were able to fully pump water from a detail tank. I did not find this problem with the newer X series Karcher untis though.


Hope these instructions make sense and let me know if it worked for you or not.
 
Rav777 said:
I have never tried to run it out of a bucket, but I have tried the same model of Karcher that you are using. There were times were it would not shoot water out even when hooked up to a 90 gallon tank. I figured out a trick and stuck it to the hose for a bit and let it build pressure. Its a messy task when you remove the hose but it might work.

1. Find a faucet and hook up the pressure washer. Make sure the pressure washer hose and wand are attached.
2. Run the pressure washer for a bit and then let it stop running with its auto stop feature. It should now have built pressure from the pump to the wand. Turn unit off and unplug, but do not release pressure on the wand.
3. Now the messy part is unhooking the hose connection. Turn it off to reduce backspray. And dont release the built up pressure from the wand.
4.) Hook up the hose accesorry and stick it in your bucket of water, Plug it in and release the pressure from the wand, it should now be sucking water from the tank. Hopefully this does the trick, as I have done this to my newer units before they were able to fully pump water from a detail tank. I did not find this problem with the newer X series Karcher untis though.


Hope these instructions make sense and let me know if it worked for you or not.
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RAV777, thanks hope to get in early enough tomorrow from work to test, not a big problem at the moment since I can use a standard spigot at home but if I ever go mobile then I need this until I get a gas Karcher (Model G 2600 VC Plus) from Home depot maybe summer of 2012..Looking to hook up water tank (65 gallons) & pressure washer to a push type cart just to do exterior washs only in a parking lot setting.... like a skid mounted unit on wheels
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Rav777 off topic (CAMRY) but your 50 Gallon tank and KARCHER how many Details off one tank?
 
I get about 4-6 cars depending on the condition of the vehicles. It can do about 5-6 cars or about 4 larger vehicles. I usually fill it daily but there have been busy days were I filled it 3 times per day. It would be nice to have a bigger tank but I am going to wait until I get a bigger vehicle. I bought that tank from Plastic Mart.

Really like my set up now that I am getting a mobile RO/DI filter from a local supplier, so now I dont have to drive to buy my water.
 
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I get about 4-6 cars depending on the condition of the vehicles. It can do about 5-6 cars or about 4 larger vehicles. I usually fill it daily but there have been busy days were I filled it 3 times per day. It would be nice to have a bigger tank but I am going to wait until I get a bigger vehicle. I bought that tank from Plastic Mart.

Really like my set up now that I am getting a mobile RO/DI filter from a local supplier, so now I dont have to drive to buy my water.
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I can not find a place to purchase larger volume of distilled water where have you searched?
 
My local detail shop in San Diego has a 1000 gallon tank of DI/RO water that he sells at an affordable price. I fill up my 50 gallon tank for about $5 dollars.

This new place I found is called PureTech, which has a truck that replaces your old tank once it cannot filter any more water. Once the resin stops getting 0ppm then they come and switch your tanks. Much like a Natural Gas service does. You should see if you have a company like this in your area.
 
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youtube video on KARCHER PRESSURE WASHER IN USE - around 1:30 mark they use suction hose & filter to draw water from a static source (Plastic Drum)
 
Did you have any luck with the method I told you about or did it still not work?
 
Rav777 said:
Did you have any luck with the method I told you about or did it still not work?
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Sorry Ray regular job has me tied up as of lately and cold weather has somewhat arrived so it has been a dely with the detailing or even pulling out pressure washer maybe this coming weekend, weaather suppose to hit the 50 degress markIm the MAN
 
Bringing up old thread may show that you SEARCHED before starting a new thread OVER - So that may be a good thing....Now a regular garden hose will collapse and strain your pressure washer and may cause internal DAMAGE so you want a suction hose, hope this helps and others chime in
 
Any takers to show (photos) & Tell there unit pressure washer hook to water tank for mobile detailing?
 
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