how to avoid getting grit in my gun tips

[coincarwash.ca]

Sometimes I get a small piece of metal that gets stcuk in my gun tips and causes my weep not to weep properly and I get a freeze up in the bay. Is there some kind of strainer or something I can use to capture the grit before it gets inside the gun?

 

[Dubois Laundry/Carwash]

I think you want to figure out where it is coming from.
for instance is your pump getting ready to self-destruct?

 

[coincarwash.ca]

I believe it is in the city water lines and coming through my weep line into the pump. It always seems to be a small piece of some metal fragment. I was looking at some tips that Kleen-rite has that have strainers that go with them .( a nozzle body ,Strainer ,nozzle and a cap) I thinks it's called a Teejet assembly....Has anyone here ever used one?

 

[pitzerwm]

It could also be flakes of rust from any galvanized pipes like the gun. But yes any filter would eliminate water supply stuff.

 

[MEP001]

There are several inline strainers that would work - you should probably install it before the weep solenoid to be sure it doesn't get stuck open from the same debris.

http://www.kleen-ritecorp.com/p-110-smc-clearbowl-inline-strainer-14-f-x-f-80-mesh.aspx

http://www.kleen-ritecorp.com/p-1640-dema-strainer-y-type-line-strainer-14.aspx

 

[PaulLovesJamie]

Yeah, those strainers work well. Just keep a close eye out to be sure that the strainer doesnt get clogged, that'll cause all your bays to freeze. My weep is recycled, the strainer would clog after a month or 2. Since you're on city water its probably not an issue, but I'd glance at teh strainer every day anyway. (Make sure you get one with a clear bowl.)