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Outdoor machines · OM-04

Pressure Washer Maintenance Log

A free printable pressure washer maintenance log — pump oil, inlet filter, nozzles and the winter storage steps that stop a pump freezing.

First page of the Pressure Washer Maintenance Log — Protect the pump, which is the expensive part and the one that dies from frost and from running dry.
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2 pages. Choose your paper size — both versions are laid out identically, so neither one gets shrunk to fit.

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A4 58 kB US Letter 58 kB

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A4 141 kB US Letter 141 kB

The fillable versions have real form fields — open them in any PDF reader, type into them and save. Printing help.

What this sheet is for

Protect the pump, which is the expensive part and the one that dies from frost and from running dry.

Who it is for

Anyone with a petrol or electric pressure washer.

How to use it

  1. Record pressure, flow rate and pump oil type in the specification block.
  2. Log pump and engine oil changes and inlet filter cleaning.
  3. Never run it dry — record any incident where you did.
  4. Work through the winter storage list before the first frost.

What is on the sheet

The layout is fixed at a size that fits both A4 and US Letter, so the A4 and Letter files are visually identical and print at full size on either. Rows are set at a height that an adult can actually write a date and a few words into with a pen — most printable tables are built in a word processor and never tested with one.

Questions

Why does frost destroy a pressure washer?

Water left in the pump expands as it freezes and cracks the housing or the valves. Draining it, or running pump antifreeze through, is the difference between a working machine and a new one.

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