I’m trying to fix my Eureka vacuum cleaner (model number 4495a-1). It is a bagless vacuum and nothing that I vucuum up makes it to the cannister. All of the debris sits in the part of the hose that runs from the brush area through the base of the vacuum. Hope this makes sense. Anyone know what might be wrong?? Could it be a leak in the hose?
Wipe soapy water on the outside of the hose, & turn it on . Should be able to tell where hole is .
Used baking powder to let you see where the leak is. suck up the flour and you will see clearly if any crack are.
Well it sounds that the puncture in your vacume cleaner is so tiny and is not visible easily.
To find the punctured place on any type of hose, you can use this procedure:
solve some bathing gel in a small pale of water and then mix it so well. you should get lots of bubbles for the best result.
Now rub the bubbles on the outer surface of the hose and swith the vacume cleaner on.
you’ll see the bubbles inflating and bursting in the puncture area.
To block the puncture, the best way is to ask a skilled guy to melt some plsatic thing on the puncture for permenant remedy.
If the hole so so so tiny, you can use supeglue for the time being.
WARNING….don’t try the permenant remedy by urself unless you really know what you are doing.molten plastic is really hot.
Best of luck sweetheart
It could be a leak in the vacuum hose, but if it’s that difficult to locate, it’s probably too small to cause the poor vacuum you’re talking about. Also, if there were a leak in the hose, you could probably hear it as it sucks in the air. Perhaps the vacuum cannister itslef isn’t closed properly, thus causing a poor seal or creating a vacuum leak. I’d check to make sure everything is properly closed — air-tight.
After that, I’d check to see if there’s some sort of obstruction in the hose which is causing a poor draw on the air. And finally, there’s a port on some vacuums that can be manually opened and closed; check to see that it’s in the closed position.
good luck
Remove hose, elevate both ends and fill hose with water. Examine for leaks!!!!
id say its a clog in the pipe, disconnect the pipe if possible and lay it flat and straight on the floor so you can look in one end and see through to the other, if you cant see the end of the pipe then its a clog, get a long stick or something and give it a good poke, see if you hit anything.
if you can see the other end and its not a clog then you might have a severe drop in suction, turn the vacuum cleaner on and put your hand on the nozzle, you should be able to tell if it is suking properly, if not then you might have a leak or one of the seals around either end of the tube is not connected properly, look at the seals and see if you can hear any noise coming from them, if theres noise then connect the pipe and seal back on properly, then run your hand along the pipe to see if you can feel a suction where there shouldnt be one, if so then order a new pipe and use some tape to repair it tempererally
good luck!