Kirby Ultimate G carpet shampooer not producing foam anymore

I have a Kirby Ultimate G Carpet Shampooer and I've tried cleaning out the sponge thingy that goes into the intake and its still not producing foam. I go through about 3 tanks of solution on a 10x12 room and my carpet is saturated instead of barely wet with foam. HELP!

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I was having the same problem. There is a filter plug that came loose on mine and went down into the hose. It belong on the water tank and fits in there tightly and the hose end goes over it. That's what actually makes the foam.

Posted on Aug 25, 2007

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Thank you so much for this. I've been struggling with the same problem. For the price of these vacuums, they should include this information in the trouble shooting chapter.

Posted on Oct 20, 2007

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