🧹 Bissell Insert with Cap: Efficient Cleaning Solution for Your Home Review

Every few years the Spot Robot will leak if liquid remains in the tank that stores the cleaning solution. The small plastic gasket at the end of this cap will swell with grout and break. A few bucks every few years is better than buying a new Spot bot.

When my spot robot started licking out of a random hole, my fiancé went nuts. After taking everything apart I found that the fresh water tank was not seated properly. If yours is leaking, you should check that first. A whitish nylon washer rubbed against my*. It turns out that the only disassembly necessary is to unscrew the gas cap and screw on a new one. * See the small but important difference in the photo.

I've had a spot bot for a few years now. I disassembled it once to fix the vacuum unit after it was used for a shop vacuum. Then a year later it started leaking out the side of the fresh water tank below. I didn't want to buy another one. Since I had fixed it before, I decided to do it again. This time a google search led me to an easy cap replacement. Fast shipping and used immediately upon arrival. It worked and is no longer dripping from the machine.

The solution tank leaked and this is the part that should fix the leak. I disassembled it to find the source of the leak and found that there is an overflow to drain any spilled water on the side of the spotboat. The fact that they built a canal to drain the leaks means they expected these types of leaks to occur. So you'd think that customer service would say something along the lines of "You may need to periodically replace the cap on the bottom of your water tank because the seal is failing…

I have a model 1711. Yellow Spot-Bot - I couldn't find a comment with that model number but the picture looked correct. I was about to throw away my Spot-Bot and buy a new one as it was leaking badly. Just before the cast I made one last attempt to disassemble the part and find the leak. It looks like it's coming from the bottom cap of the cleaner tank. Finding him wasn't that easy as he only licked when he was in place. Anyway, I found this cap on Amazon and tried it out for $7 just in case…