[AT] Compressor Problems

[Milo Holroyd]

Perhaps drain the compressor sump and check for metal particles? Is 
there a way to pull the bearing end off and have a look?

On 6/9/19 11:48 AM, Cecil Bearden wrote:
>
>  An update on the compressor problem.    I received a post on Smokstak 
> from a former owner of a smaller Inger soll compressor who stated that 
> this occurred on his unit just before the compressor end failed and he 
> could not get parts so he junked it...  I cannot afford to let this 
> one get junked, so I am trying to find out what to look for.  Last 
> year when running at idle I would hear something like a dry bearing 
> squeal, but could find nothing out of the ordinary.  I remember Bo 
> Hinch telling me that he used to make the vanes for these compressors 
> and nearly everything could be re-made on them from a machine shop.
>
> Cecil
>
> On 6/8/2019 3:45 PM, Cecil Bearden wrote:
>>
>> This is a little off topic, but I use this compressor to blow out my 
>> hay equipment before putting it back in the shed, and also to blow 
>> out the radiators.   It is a Ingersoll Rand VAne Type compressor 250 
>> cfm powered by a 4-53 Detroit diesel. When the compressor build back 
>> up and the engine begins to idle down it makes a loud clicking 
>> sound.  I cannot determine if it is a rod knocking or maybe valve 
>> related.  I know Bo Hinch had a lot of experience with these engine 
>> compressor combinations.  I don't think the compressor is making the 
>> noise.   I had some knocking in the engine a couple of years ago when 
>> I changed the oil and used 15W-40 Mystic.   I changed over to 40W 
>> Mystic and it stopped the knocking, but now the loud click.   I 
>> cannot afford for this machine to be down if we ever get a hay crop 
>> to bale.  My baler has to be blown out every day or the belts bind up 
>> with chaff and stop.
>>
>> Cecil
>>
>>
>>
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