My vax is spraying water out all the time and I do not have my finger on the trigger.

Hi s_hall9800,

We bought a Vax Rapide Carpet Cleaner and were disappointed with it's performance as we couldn't see it spraying the cleaning soltion onto the carpet. I found there was no pump and gravity was all that put the solution on via a sparge pipe, controlled by a trigger-operated valve. So, all that happened was an intermittent sort-of dribbling. The cleaner picked -up quite well, though and we sprayed the carpet using a separate hand-held sprayer.

Hi try cleaning the lance with descaler, these washers have a habit of lance getting blocked by limescale. Good luck

that's your problem the trigger stuck on all the time replace trigger.

Hi, it's Jeremy from Crucial Vacuum.

There are a few potential solutions you should try to fix the spray on your vax vacuum. Under the brush you will find a plastic strip with pinholes in it that sprays the water. The pinholes can get clogged, so you can clear them by pushing a pin sized object through them.

You can also try looking at the pipes and valves inside the machine. These can become blocked by different materials. To open them up, put hot water into the water tank and run the machine while pressing the trigger on and off to give bursts of pressure to help clear the blockage. After this is done repeat the first solution above.

I hope this was helpful. If you would like further assistance, please feel free to give us a call at 877.750.9239. We have helpful and friendly customer care representatives on the line ready to assist you.

Jeremy Lerner
Crucial Vacuum Customer Care
http://www.crucialvacuum.com

I brought a rapide ultra carpet washer today , cleaned half of my front room brilliant then stopped spraying water using the trigger on the handle, as the handle comes off for easy storage I took it off, and what\'s happing is when you pull the trigger to release water a piece of plastic pushes on another piece ov plastic to release water and it was not working only by me pushing my finger on the other piece of plastic in side the handle bit, so mines going back ,

No it should only spray when the trigger is pressed. After spraying you go over the area to suck the water out. The valve on the trigger is faulty. I found this

I had the same problem, after buying a new clean water tank the problem was still there. I decided to see how it works and discovered the little shut off valve that the trigger operates is sticking in the open position. I am now trying to find a new valve.

Alan
October 2014

It seems to have its fair share of issues!

https://www.google.com/search?q=vax+rapide+ultra+carpet+cleaner+continually+sprays+water

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This is a common problem known by repairers. What happens is residue gets stuck in the seals. The next time you use the machine and press the trigger the seals stay open and water leaks continually. It was suggested that maybe after you finish using the machine you do a whole tank of plain water to rinse it out but I haven't had any luck with that. I am stuck with a machine that doesn't work.

Could be a bad pump.