1. Check the hose for blockages. Do this by dropping a coin, marble, or other small round object down one end, raising hose and letting it fall out the other end. It can usually be cleared by attaching hose to blower, pointing other end outside, and turning on.
2. Check for blockage in the power head elbow.
3. Check the afterfilter. It's locater under the plastic cover on the top of the back of the vacuum.
4. If you have fine dust in your area, make sure the dial on top is set at the smallest dot. This will allow the bag to fill fuller.
Regarding fine dust, never use it to vacuum up sheetrock dust. It will go right through the bag and into the motor, quickly ruining it.
If none of these problems exist, take it in to have it checked out. Overheating is normally due to a blockage of some sort.
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If you have eliminated all points above and it is still overheating, the cause is either due to a thermostat going in the motor and causing it to turn off, which is a pretty cheap fix but usually has to be done by a dealer or someone with experience with motors.
It is also a sign of the motor slowing coming to the end of it's life span, if that is the case a replacement motor can be purchased between $60-$100 for an Amtek motor at a local repair shop or you can pay upwards to $200 for a genuine Electrolux motor from the dealer.
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