Jetwasher broken

Merlin5 · 25 Oct 2018 at 13:02

Bit late in the year now but I finally ordered a Nilfisk C110.

Being delivered tomorrow by Amazon Prime (must remember to cancel that trial soon before they start charging me) and it's reduced to £53.54!

Haze · 27 Oct 2018 at 08:35

Congrats

you finally caved in and did what i said in the 1st place lol

Buffman · 27 Oct 2018 at 10:06

If you're jet washing a wall are you not going to blow out the mortar? I've got the nilfisk one and it's pretty good. The patio cleaner for it is crap tho.

Merlin5 · 27 Oct 2018 at 11:19

Haze said:
Congrats you finally caved in and did what i said in the 1st place lol

Lol I know. After doing what I could to get the Karcher going, I finally took it to the tip and bought the Nilfisk.

The Craig said:
If you're jet washing a wall are you not going to blow out the mortar? I've got the nilfisk one and it's pretty good. The patio cleaner for it is crap tho.

I jetwashed my wall a while ago with a Karcher and the mortar held up fine. Yeah, I'm glad I didn't go for the one with the patio cleaner, it would have been £89 instead of £54.

HungryHippos · 27 Oct 2018 at 12:07

I'd probably want a patio cleaner on mine to avoid blowing the grout on the patio though, youtube video I saw makes the patio cleaner seem OK, what's bad about it?

jpaul · 27 Oct 2018 at 12:19

Haze said:
Congrats you finally caved in and did what i said in the 1st place lol

after checking hotuk price-offers .. you always want to wait for the offer to come round again - that's the best price guide ?

Ace Modder · 27 Oct 2018 at 13:10

Nilfisk most of the range are excellent, but be careful because a few of the models, the motors have been changed to plastic from metal and as such are not quite as good as they used to be.

robj20 · 27 Oct 2018 at 19:15

I absolutely love my P150. Can't really fault the patio cleaner either, it does the job and quickly.

kinetic747 · 28 Oct 2018 at 21:24

I've got the 110 and bought one of these https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0185VVU2M/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

It allows me to connect my Karcher accessories to the Nilfisk, including the patio cleaner, which is far better than the Nilfisk equivalent. My Karcher died a couple of years ago but I kept hold of the accessories.

HungryHippos · 6 Nov 2018 at 17:19

The nilfisk 110 and patio cleaner are on amazon today for £60. Only a fiver more than it was recently.

Not sure if a better deal will arrive with black friday.

Merlin5 · 5 Oct 2019 at 02:56

Got a problem with my Nilfisk C110. It was all working properly when I used it on my car in the summer. Today though, when I pressed the trigger on the gun, water was coming out normally due to the hose being connected and the watermains tap turned on full, but it would take 2 to 3 seconds before the motor activated and gave pressure to the water. It kept going with full pressure as long as I kept the trigger held in but once I stopped and pressed again, it would take another 2 or 3 seconds for the motor to activate. Several minutes of pressure washing later and the delay got much longer. Any idea why this is?

As a test, I disconnected the gun from the nilfisk black hose but kept the black hose connected, turned the machine on and got instant pressured water from the hose. So it seems fine without the gun. It's when the gun is connected and the motor is activated from the trigger that there's a delay. So I don't know if there's a problem inside the machine, or if it's the nilfisk hose, or the gun.

I got all the pressure washing done fortunately. My inlet garden hose is fine, I replaced it in the summer because the previous hose was getting sucked flat. So I don't believe that is causing any issues.

Sin_Chase · 5 Oct 2019 at 04:17

Merlin - Throw Nilfisk a contact from their website. I found them very helpful and quite prompt in their reply.

https://www.nilfisk.com/en-gb/pages/global-contacts.aspx

Merlin5 · 6 Oct 2019 at 04:44

Sin_Chase said:
Merlin - Throw Nilfisk a contact from their website. I found them very helpful and quite prompt in their reply.

https://www.nilfisk.com/en-gb/pages/global-contacts.aspx

Thanks Sin. I also found a Nilfisk phone number so will probably call them first.

Merlin5 · 7 Oct 2019 at 17:29

Awesome, gonna get sent a replacement this week under warranty. You're right Sin Chase, great customer service.

I phoned Nilfisk and the bloke I spoke to said it's the 'unloader valve' sticking. He said this can happen if it's not used much but that it shouldn't happen again with the replacement machine because they've now modified the valve. He said I can dispose of the one I have.

If anyone here near London wants a free pressure washer, send me a trust and you can come and pick it up. It works and has been used on only two occasions, but just has this delay issue.

Muska · 7 Oct 2019 at 18:13

Mine has recently developed the exact same issue (after only 6 months use), so I'm glad you've spoken to them and had it sorted

I'll be doing the same thing tomorrow

Merlin5 · 7 Oct 2019 at 18:27

Yeah Muska, definitely call them.

Efficient customer service and warranty honouring, but have to say, everyone on here said Nilfisk is more reliable then Karcher.

jpaul · 8 Oct 2019 at 10:06

if it's genuinely the unloader valve , and like the Karcher, it was easy to fix/lube with the exploded parts diagram,
usually on the back of the valve that can control the pressure of the jet - deep sopcket to extract, soaked it in vinegar & used molykote grease

jpaul said:
if it's ageing - investigate sticky pressure relief valve, that fixed my karcher and was surprsingly accessible - it just bleeds water back through to input when hand off the trigger, but it may start doing that even when it's not