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Likeomg



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karcher k7
Just picked one of these new washers up new, first one blew last sunday while washing a car, started leaking water from the body, got the replacement one today connected it up, 5 minutes into washing, same thing again piddling out water...

which leads me to think i might of set something up wrong? anyone got any experience with it?

not impressed with a £500 power washer so far...
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mk1collector



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If karcher are still using plastic bodied pumps they have a lot of splitting problems which is why I changed to nilfisk after my karcher died. But mine were a lot cheaper versions.
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Likeomg



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apparently the pump is brass in the higher models but..
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Generaldej



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Had the same karcher for over 10 years with no problems. It was only today I decided to buy a new hose/handle for it as it's shorter than the old one and easier to get under my Landy with.
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jimbob7



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As above Nilfisk,mine split open after a heavy frost Embarassed Screwfix sent another out same day. Pov.spec,ftw. 2006, 110,TD5.
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WarPig



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I bought a Karcher from their professional range, which have brass internal fittings instead of plastic. I think mine was the HD5/12C? Got it from Alex Shanks for about £400.

http://www.alexshanks.com/cold-water-pressure-washers-b97
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Likeomg



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Generaldej wrote:
Had the same karcher for over 10 years with no problems. It was only today I decided to buy a new hose/handle for it as it's shorter than the old one and easier to get under my Landy with.



yup, we had one for years then when it finally packed in we bought this, mainly because of the long hose... haven't had much luck with the k7 so far.
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