Gilmour Foam Gun Failure -- HELP PLS!!!

Marc08EX

Marc08EX

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I was wondering if anyone knows a case where in their gilmour foam guns failed. I bought my foam gun probably a year and a half ago. I probably just used it 7-10 times before (worked great) then I got busy and never got around to using it anymore. Today, my detailing bug got the best of me and I decided used it again. To my dismay, the foam gun doesn't work on settings A-D. When I use setting E, it sips the soap but at a very slow rate. I would say that the current E setting acts like the A or B ratio before. And also, it doesn't mix the soap at a constant rate. I have to keep on shaking my foam gun in order to keep it going. If I leave it steady, it seems to stop sucking the soap occassionally. Before, I have been using setting D or E and I go through my mixture pretty quick (1 pass of the whole car). Now, I bathe the whole car twice and it only consumed approx 15% of the mixture I put in.



Any ideas? Does anyone know how I can fix it or what's wrong? Any help or advice would be appreciated!!!!



Thanks guys!
 
Can't imagine what can be your issue. Have you got the normal FM or the FM II?



After 4 years or so, my Foamaster II gave its soul back to its Creator. Luckily, it just needs an O-ring replacement, but this is a special part.



Can someone send me a detailed parts list for the FM II? In the meantime, I lost my contact infos to Gilmour, and haven't received an answer to the email I recently sent them.



Other than that, it's a brilliant product!
 
Bence said:
Can't imagine what can be your issue. Have you got the normal FM or the FM II?



After 4 years or so, my Foamaster II gave its soul back to its Creator. Luckily, it just needs an O-ring replacement, but this is a special part.



Can someone send me a detailed parts list for the FM II? In the meantime, I lost my contact infos to Gilmour, and haven't received an answer to the email I recently sent them.



Other than that, it's a brilliant product!
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Bence, I have the FMII. It's now fixed. Funny you mentioned that. The o-ring gasket thing between the ratio selector and the top part of the foam gun got unseated. I just had to put it back to its holder and it worked again.



What do you mean your o-ring went bad? What did it look like?



Thanks.
 
If A-D don't work and E works like A, maybe you have some old dried foam plugging the intake areas or a vent hole may be plugged with a dry clear plug of foam.

I'd separate the head assembly from the bottle then remove the feed tube. Run a pipe cleaner through the tube to make sure it's not the problem then soak the head unit in water for a couple of days and give it a good shake periodically.

-John C.
 
Here are some things I check on my FMI, not sure which parts will need similar attention on the FMII..



-Debris screen on the bottom of the pickup tube

-Vent hole in threaded plug on top of housing

-Siphon apertures on mixing bar

-Brass output tube that plastic foamer tube/sleeve snaps onto

-Plastic foamer



I've had to clean all the above at one time or another. Water quality can be a huge factor here.





Bence- My scanner's dead or I'd send you the parts diagram :(



[Accumulator runs out to shop...]



Actually, I can't *find* my Gilmour parts diagram! Grr...I did find the one from Bucher's (one of the brand names it was sold under) and that didn't show a separate part for the rubber o-ring (its inside the plastic foamer tube, right?).



I'd contact Gilmour, I hear they have incredibly good customer service. Gues that's easy for *me* to say...here in the US :o
 
contact Gilmour they do they have incredibly good customer service

Customer Service

Phone: 800-458-0107
 
yeah, it's probably clogged/plugged.



I know that all of us are aware that the FMII is supposed to be purged with CLEAN WATER prior to putting it away :)
 
OOPS...Is the FMII the one with the plastic rotary ratio selector? I suspect I'm way offbase here :o





tom p. said:
..I know that all of us are aware that the FMII is supposed to be purged with CLEAN WATER prior to putting it away :)
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Being "aware" is one thing, actually doing it is another thing entirely...
 
Accumulator said:
OOPS...Is the FMII the one with the plastic rotary ratio selector? I suspect I'm way offbase here :o
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Yes, and the plastic rotary dial permits variable soap output.
 
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