How do I repair my Bissell Powerwash Proheat ?

It's been a few years since I used is so bear with me:I replaced the power brush and that working fine but if memory serves me correct isn't tha cleaner supposed to suck up dirt and thus I should be emptying a container of dirt water?I just used it and the water container is completely empty.

Jeff
December 2008

I would first check that the drive belt is OK. On the LH side is a small panel towards the front. Carefully insert a screwdriver and lever this up. The small panel should pop out. This exposes the motor where a smooth belt drives the brushes. Check that this is OK and turns the brushes if turned by hand. If this is broken see http://www.partmaster.co.uk/cgi-bin/search.pl?parts_search=s&o_search=1&brand=&model=1698+Powerwash+Proheat&part= for a belt. If it is OK, try running the machine with this panel removed and see if the motor spins. If not, I would suspect the motor. See http://www.4bissell.co.uk/cgi-bin/search.pl?query=PUMP&search.x=0&search.y=0&search=s for Bissel Spares.

Hope this helps

David Tucker
November 2008