How to Use the Siphon Tube on Honda Pressure Washer

The siphon tube on a Honda pressure washer is a soft, pliable PVC tube with a weighted strainer (filter) on the end, and it's usually directly attached to the water pump on the pressure washer. While there are certainly other ways to get a cleaning solution onto whatever you're cleaning, knowing how to use the siphon tube makes doing so very convenient.

Things You'll Need

• Siphon tube
• Siphon tube weighted filter or strainer
• Bucket (2 1/2 to 5 gallon)
• Protective eyewear
• Protective gloves
• Cleaning solution

Instructions

1. Inspect the siphon tube and weighted strainer (filter) for clogs. Clean any clogs, if necessary.

2. Attach the weighted strainer (filter) to the siphon tube, if it isn't already attached. Slide the other end of the siphon tube over the hose barb that's on either the fixed flow or adjustable flow chemical injector, which is usually directly next to or attached to the hose water inlet and just before the water pump.

3. Drop the weighted strainer (filter) into the bucket. Don your protective eyewear and gloves.

4. Prepare the appropriate cleaning solution in the bucket. Connect the water hose to the water inlet valve on the pressure washer and the other end to an ample water source.

5. Turn on the water to the pressure washer. Turn the "On/Off" switch to "On."

6. Start the pressure washer by electric start or recoil pull cord. Depress the pressure washer gun trigger, allowing water to flow through the pressure washer system. The force of the water pressure will draw the cleaning solution up through the siphon tube, coming together with the water flowing through the pressure washer.

7. Rinse the siphon tube, strainer and the pressure washer water system thoroughly by filling the bucket with clean water and depressing the pressure washer trigger gun until all of the water has been sent through the system.

Tips & Warnings

• A straight line on the power switch denotes "on," and a circle on the switch denotes "off."

References

• Honda Pressure Washer Engines
• Honda Pressure Washers