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FloJet

Roz

Roz

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a FolJet appears to go bad on a Lp function as it was leaking chemical from the joint in the FloJet. I replaced the FloJet with a new one and now have a worse leak from underneath the unit. Product 40psi and air is 20psi

strange. Any ideas?
 

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Is this tied into a bay manifold- presoak, tire clean, etc? I have seen high pressure come back in the lines due to bad check valve and kill the flojet
 
Greg Pack said:
Is this tied into a bay manifold- presoak, tire clean, etc? I have seen high pressure come back in the lines due to bad check valve and kill the flojet
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I’m gonna high jack this thread if thats ok. I’ve been having this exact issue for 2 months !!! I’m at my wits end. I bought 16 new check valves in going away from fluid control. Brand new valves the other day and I’ve busted another flo jet. Kleen rite is sending me more of a different brand. I have tire cleaner bleeding through the pre soak chem line going all the way to the solenoid in the room. Am
I missing something else? I thought this was simple fix. Am I just getting bad batch of valves or is something in my system causing them to fail?
 
MEP001 said:
I don't remove the hoses from the barbs since they just unclip and pull out of the pump.
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Yes normally but the hoses looked so-so therefore I just replaced them.

does anyone repair them or just discard them?
 
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traveler17 said:
I’m gonna high jack this thread if thats ok. I’ve been having this exact issue for 2 months !!! I’m at my wits end. I bought 16 new check valves in going away from fluid control. Brand new valves the other day and I’ve busted another flo jet. Kleen rite is sending me more of a different brand. I have tire cleaner bleeding through the pre soak chem line going all the way to the solenoid in the room. Am
I missing something else? I thought this was simple fix. Am I just getting bad batch of valves or is something in my system causing them to fail?
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Don’t take the wrong way but sometimes tired eyes will install them with the flow the wrong way.
 
traveler17 said:
I’m gonna high jack this thread if thats ok. I’ve been having this exact issue for 2 months !!! I’m at my wits end. I bought 16 new check valves in going away from fluid control. Brand new valves the other day and I’ve busted another flo jet. Kleen rite is sending me more of a different brand. I have tire cleaner bleeding through the pre soak chem line going all the way to the solenoid in the room. Am
I missing something else? I thought this was simple fix. Am I just getting bad batch of valves or is something in my system causing them to fail?
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I always plumb car washes with one check valve at the boom with presoak, tire cleaner, and air lines joined at a cross. In the room I use an air regulator like this one that relieves pressure on the outlet that exceeds the set inlet pressure. If a check valve in the bay fails, the regulators just relieve the pressure and nothing gets damaged.


I use the Fluid Controls 1/4" check valves with Teflon seals and I've had no failures. Maybe you have debris getting down stream and getting caught in them?
 
traveler17 said:
I’m gonna high jack this thread if thats ok. I’ve been having this exact issue for 2 months !!! I’m at my wits end. I bought 16 new check valves in going away from fluid control. Brand new valves the other day and I’ve busted another flo jet. Kleen rite is sending me more of a different brand. I have tire cleaner bleeding through the pre soak chem line going all the way to the solenoid in the room. Am
I missing something else? I thought this was simple fix. Am I just getting bad batch of valves or is something in my system causing them to fail?
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We put a additional check valve on the discharge line of the pump, between the floJet pump and the manifold.
 
MEP001 said:
I always plumb car washes with one check valve at the boom with presoak, tire cleaner, and air lines joined at a cross. In the room I use an air regulator like this one that relieves pressure on the outlet that exceeds the set inlet pressure. If a check valve in the bay fails, the regulators just relieve the pressure and nothing gets damaged.


I use the Fluid Controls 1/4" check valves with Teflon seals and I've had no failures. Maybe you have debris getting down stream and getting caught in them?
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The fluid controls is what I’ve always used. That’s what I was leaning towards, trash in the lines. I don’t know what else cause this. I cleaned out the tanks , solenoids etc yesterday. Same issue today. You wouldn’t happen to have a visual of how you set it up in the bay would ya. I have air logics in the equipment room. one manifold in each bay for PS and TC. Obviously 2 air and 2 chem lines for each. Came in this afternoon , same issue after getting it right and testing after changing some more valves yesterday.
 
I used to have the same problem with backfeeding PS until I put it on the LP gun with Tri Foam. The only cv's I have in the trough now is for SFR. Went from 16 cv's down to 4! No cv's on any of the LP lines. I like the KISS method! Getting too old to make weekly trips up into the attic!
 
traveler17 said:
I’m gonna high jack this thread if thats ok. I’ve been having this exact issue for 2 months !!! I’m at my wits end. I bought 16 new check valves in going away from fluid control. Brand new valves the other day and I’ve busted another flo jet. Kleen rite is sending me more of a different brand. I have tire cleaner bleeding through the pre soak chem line going all the way to the solenoid in the room. Am
I missing something else? I thought this was simple fix. Am I just getting bad batch of valves or is something in my system causing them to fail?
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What PSI are your air and product settings? Also we need to set things with the product running in a bay otherwise we can get inaccurate settings. Product should be about 2x air.
 
Roz said:
Don’t take the wrong way but sometimes tired eyes will install them with the flow the wrong way.
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Guilty here of doing that before. I always mark big directional arrow on mine with a sharpie where I can easily see it. That way when I get up in the attic I don't need my reading glasses.

Roz said:
Problem solved. The 1/2” hoses on the bottom were snug fits so I did not use a clamp on them. Just added clamps and the issue is resolved. Strange
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What product is this? Non-neutral chemicals play havoc with normal PVC tubing over time. Also the newer waxes can be problematic and cause the tubing to swell. .
 
Greg Pack said:
Guilty here of doing that before. I always mark big directional arrow on mine with a sharpie where I can easily see it. That way when I get up in the attic I don't need my reading glasses.



What product is this? Non-neutral chemicals play havoc with normal PVC tubing over time. Also the newer waxes can be problematic and cause the tubing to swell. .
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Desalt and Tire Shine are the hardest on the poly lines.
 
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