I've had both kinds. First one had the water always. This one has a Honda engine and a vertical drive from the engine rather than horizontal and there is none. You are supposed to hold the trigger down while cranking to help to reduce the cranking torque.
Problem I have with them, is the pump lasts for a couple of years and the engines are set too lean for a full load to satisfy the tree huggers so you have to run it with a partial choke to keep it from gasping for food.
I find that they are a pain in the rump. Neighbor rigged up one to an electric motor and I just may do that too. I wash close to the shop and have ample power capacity. A half horse compound motor would work just fine and then when you want to wash, you push the button, turning the motor on and when you don't just let go of the button. I might even use the roll around frame that my gas unit was on. I may just do that this summer.
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