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Hi, I just bought a gas powered pressure washer from a garage sale and I reckon I may have made a huge mistake….The engine works fantastic, but I can’t get the water to come out of the nozzle. Blackish water comes trickles out of the wand sometimes though. I took the hose off and blew through it so that works ok.

When I turn the motor off and take off the water hose, it seems to have lots of pressure in that area but not so much from the wand hose. Thanks for any advice!!

it may have froze or someone before you may have run the pump with out water that can hurt the pump also check for a clogged tip also I just had to clean mine. The smallest piece of dirt can clog them lots of luck

What brand and type and power level of pressure washer should I buy to clean OIL Stains off the driveway?

Would I need electric or gas powered? I got some tough stains on my driveway street area’s that I want to clean up. My car USED to leak oil and I despise the oil stains onb the ground…They are kind of Ancient stains and I tried all types of chemicals already to clean them but they didn’t completely work. I want to try a pressure washer / cleaner now.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance!

Water will not take off oil. Period. The two do not mix. Really soapy water(like that in a pail of hot water combined with either or a mixture of laundry soap, dish soap and bar soap and a scrub brush(where you get down on your hands and knees and scrub the stain is about the simplest to get a hold of and do right today if you wanna. Soap (which is partly water dissoluble stout) will work in lifting the oil from the pavement and once in solution you can wash it away with water. That is what lifts will lift. The black that remains(if there is any) is the soot(same as what is in a chimney from a fireplace) =very fine charcoal. which sits in the microcracks between the sand and cement(if it is a cement driveway) It does not dissolve or blow away.
Another chemical for removing grease is TSP (paint store) It will take paint off hardened brushes so can be made really strong..
Personally, I would go with the soap solution first. Just because there is no financial loss(investment in a pressure washer that does not do it anyways.)
If it is an home asphalt driveway do not use pressurewasher(and it does not matter if the driveway is fresh or 10 years ancient). expecially if the pressure can be 250psi plus. It will dig holes in the asphalt causing more hurt than it is worth.
Being that it is on the street, it belongs to the city or department of highways. The next time they pave the road, they will repave over that section. with new tar. They don’t do spot repair(unless there is a huge pothole there) and even then they do pothole repair and leave it till the street is slated for repaving as they do an entire street or two or three..

I’ve looked at a few websites and see that I can get gas powered washers for upwards of $400 and also get small electric ones for as low as $80. I know that the huge difference seems to be the pressure that each puts out (PSI) but that’s all I know.

Can I get a compressor so I can say attach a paint sprayer, a tire inflator and then attach a head so I can pressure wash? Or do I have to get a compressor for paint and air and then a pressure washer as well? I’m mostly interested in the washing part but would be nice to have an all in one solution if that is even available?

Here is what I want to do…wash the cars, RV, kids bikes, driveway, vinyl siding on the house and basic yardwork type of chores.

Please help me figure out what to buy?

If it were me… I’d go to the local rental equipment shop and question the guy in charge of what he thinks. Why – because he would be the one very familiar with what you’d be looking for. As that’s what he rents, and is very knowledgeable about.

some thing around 450.00 and with a honda engine

SAM’S CLUB HAS THEM HERE (HOUSTON, TX) THE PRICE IS RIGHT AND IT WORKS BETTER THAN ANY OTHER ONE THAT I HAVE USED. SORRY, I DON’T KNOW THE BRAND.

Ours has a HONDA engine.
Been very dependable and has fantastic variances in degree of pressure.

Possibly Consumer Reports has a write up and rating on Power washers. You can get a copy at the library if not available on-line.