Kirby has no suction (belt and fan are fine)
Last Updated: 04/22/2011
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Kirby runs fine, no weird sounds or smoke. Brush roll is spinning (I know how to put the nozzle properly) and I am sure that fan is fine too - however it still has poor suction. What could be the problem?
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Checking for a clog
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- Put the hose and see if suction is good. If it is - you may have had nozzle installed wrong or brush roll may be worn out (bristles must be sticking out of the nozzle by about 1/8 of an inch).
- If there is no suction with the hose either - check if bag is not overfilled to the point where dirt is blocking the fill tube hole.
- If two above are fine - something must be blocking the air passage from the fan to the bag. Check for clogs in the fill tube (tube inside the cloth bag) and mini emptor (bag bottom plastic part) and also see if there is something blocking the exhaust on the vacuum. You may not even see it so use a piece of wire. Once I found a sock there and it was so close to the fan that I could not see it in the hole and was only able to get it out using a homemade hook made from a coat hanger.
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