Prochem Everest 650

[Dan Riverside]

So last night I was cleaning the rugs at the local golfcourse and was halfway through when my machine abruptly stopped,I checked float tank (which was not full by the way) and evening disconnected shutoff but alas no luck,the machine turns over but won’t start,all belts seem fine and still turn upon ignition,damn thing just won’t run

 

[Cleanworks]

So last night I was cleaning the rugs at the local golfcourse and was halfway through when my machine abruptly stopped,I checked float tank (which was not full by the way) and evening disconnected shutoff but alas no luck,the machine turns over but won’t start,all belts seem fine and still turn upon ignition,damn thing just won’t run

Check to see if you have fuel pressure.

 

[Dan Riverside]

That was my thought as well, usually when I’ve had fuel issues it shuts down gradually though, this seemed a little faster, where would I be able to check the fuel pressure?

 

[hogjowl]

New fuel pump

 

[Dan Riverside]

Well this particular machine comes with its own separate fuel injection system, I’m not mechanically inclined enough to test it unfortunately so I guess I’ll just go with plan B and take it to my mechanical guy 100 miles down the road,appreciate all suggestions and will pass it on to my guy,cheers

 

[Shane T]

Perhaps it shut down for a safety issue like the full recovery tank shut down. Not sure what all can cause these shut down on an Everest but check oil and coolant.

 

[Dan Riverside]

Yea I checked both and they were normal

 

[Shane T]

Pull a plug wire off one of the spark plugs, using a good leather glove hold it close to a ground on the engine and crank the starter. Observe if there is spark.

 

[Vincent Feehan]

Hours? Doubt its the fuel pump, Its away from heat and exposure 7K on mine same pump.. Sure its something simple Good Luck and let us know what it was

 

[hogjowl]

I always “just take it to my mechanical guy”.

 

[Mr Brightside]

Check the float inside the dump tank

 

[Dan Riverside]

So it turns out it was the timing belt,all the teeth on the belt wore off,unfortunately we had to take the machine out of the van to make it easier to work on it and some machining needs to take place to get it back up and running, $1500-$2000 later sigh!

Thanks very much for all your suggestions, much appreciated,cheers!

 

[Mr Brightside]

So it turns out it was the timing belt,all the teeth on the belt wore off,unfortunately we had to take the machine out of the van to make it easier to work on it and some machining needs to take place to get it back up and running, $1500-$2000 later sigh!

Thanks very much for all your suggestions, much appreciated,cheers!

Have you had it adjusted before I think every 1k hours?
How many hours are on yours?
Once you wear that thing out what do we replace the 650 with? I don’t know if I could be happy with any other machine

 

[Dan Riverside]

Never had the belt adjusted before but the tri flow blower went two years into ownership and I had it rebuilt for $3500,2700 hours so far, love the power but not impressed with the expensive fixes, might go back to a pto unit if this keeps up

 

[FB19087]

Never had the belt adjusted before but the tri flow blower went two years into ownership and I had it rebuilt for $3500,2700 hours so far, love the power but not impressed with the expensive fixes, might go back to a pto unit if this keeps up

Timing belt should be replaced every 2 years or 2k hours as per manual

 

[wilpath]

i have a everest also, there is no need to take machine out of the van to change timing belt, my son and i did ours couple months ago, she is approaching 9000 hours and is running great. mobil del vac oil changes, new spark plugs/wires, timing belt kit with new water pump, new bosch fuel pump recently done.
get someone who is familar with cars and together with step by step instructions , you can have it done in a few hours without this crazy cost........

 

[Dan Riverside]

He didn’t have time to do the job today unfortunately so we took it out instead of me renting a room and having to stay there, took 20 minutes to extract machine which worked for me

 

[Dan Riverside]

I will have a word with him about the cost tomorrow

 

[MerCrewser]

How many hours were on the timing belt?

 

[Dan Riverside]

2700

 

[Dan Riverside]

The cost associated with changing the belt is the collateral damage sustained when the belt went,rods were bent and head needs machining,hard lesson learned,will have next one replaced before next 2000 hrs

 

[Mr Brightside]

I might sell my 650hp for the new direct drive by Aerotech!
How much is a 650hp worth @1k hours

 

[Dan Riverside]

Not sure there but probably 17-18k cdn dollars here

 

[Cleanworks]

I might sell my 650hp for the new direct drive by Aerotech!
How much is a 650hp worth @1k hours

We have a local guy asking $32,000 Canadian for one with 1170 hours in an 2008 Chevy extended van with 65,000 miles.