SERVICE HINTS
TROUBLE
PROBABLE CAUSE
REMEDY
Air pressure at cleaner must be
Insufficient air
150 psig.
pressure
Is air line attached to cleaner?
Is wheel valve open in air line?
Dry compound or replace
Damp Compound
Drain water trap
Clean accumulated compound from mix
Excessive cleaning
chamber and pickup tube.
time required or will
Shake or pat cloth bag to remove clinging
not deliver compound.
dust and discard use compound from
Worn out Compound
container.
Add new compound Type CL-3
Cleaning valve stuck
See valve replacement instructions
to valve seat
Plug not precleaned with
Degrease oily or wet plugs; oven or
solvent to remove oily
air dry. Replace oily compound with
or wet deposit
new compound Type CL-3
Worn rubber nozzle
Replace rubber nozzle Type CL-73 if
hole is excessively enlarged.
Replace nozzle assembly Type CL-71
Nozzle or nozzle
in recess at plug cleaning
assembly missing
position.
Clogged air line
Be sure air is being delivered to
cleaner costing.
Degrease oily or wet plugs with
Oily or wet plugs not
solvent and dry in heated cabinet.
pre-cleaned in solvent
Compound packs
Replace compound Type CL-3
in spark plug.
Dry compound or replace.
Drain water trap
Damp compound
Clean accumulated compound from mix
chamber and pick-up tube.
Nozzle hole worn excessively
Replace nozzle Type CL-73
Wobble plug so upper end moves
Failure to wobble plug
through 1" circle without rotating
in adapter
plug in adapter.
Replace plug if it cannot be cleaned
Extreme wear on spark
Over exposure of plug
in 3 cleaning blast cycles of
plug insulator and
to cleaning blast
5 seconds each.
electrode
Cleaner has been disassembled
and air restriction washer lost
Remove air line and install
from elbow which connects air
restriction washer Type CL-116.
line to cleaner casting
Replace air line.
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