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Troubleshooting
WARNING

INJECTION HAZARD

Toreduce risk of s erious injury,including f luid injection or splashing in eyes or on skin, or injury from

moving parts, always follow Pressure Relief Procedure Warning , page 4, before checking, adjust-

ing, cleaning or shutting down sprayer.

Check everything in chart before disassembling sprayer.

PROBLEM CAUSE SOLUTION

Enginewon’t start Engineswitch is OFF Turnengine switch on.
Engineis out of gas Refillgas tank. Honda Engines Owner’s Manual.
Engineoil level low Try to start engine. Replenish oil, if necessary.
HondaEngines Owner’s Manual.
Sparkplug cable disconnected or
sparkplug damaged
Connectspark plug cable or replace spark plug.
Oilseepage into combustion
chamber
Removespark plug. Pull starter rope 3 or 4 times.
Cleanor replace spark plug. Try to start engine.
Keepsprayer upright to avoid oil seepage.
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Pressurecontrol switch turned OFF Turnon.
displacementpump
doesn’t Pressuresetting too low Increasepressure.
Displacementpump outlet filter dirty Cleanfilter.
Tipor tip filter clogged Clean tip or tip filter.
Brokendrive belt Replacebelt.
Displacementpump rod seized by
drypaint
Servicepump. See page 14.
Connectingrod worn or damaged Replace.See page 7.
Drivehousing worn or damaged Replace.See page 8.
Electricalpower not energizing clutch field Checkwiring connections. See page 20.
Referencecontrol board diagnostics. See page 13.
Withpressure control switch ON and pressure
turnedto MAXIMUM, use a test light to check for
powerbetween clutch terminals on control board.
Removeblack clutch wires from control board and
measureresistance across wires.At 70_F, t he
resistancemust be between 1.7 ±0.2Ω;ifnot,re-
placepinion housing.
Havepressure control checked by authorized Gra-
codealer.
Clutchworn or damaged Service.See page 9.
Pinionassembly worn or damaged Service.See page 9.