Have you checked the regulator setting? If you tighten the regulator down to the lowest setting and let it set for 30 minutes this may well re seat the valve face. So 1. Tighten the regulator to as tight as you can NO TOOLS just by hand. Let the unit set for 30 minutes. Unccrew the regulator know to the highest value. 2. Fire up the unit and test.
You may be joyously surprised. Otherwise it's likely a leak that only opens above 40 psi. If that is the case then you can let the unit run to load at 40 psi. Then with 1/4 cup of dawn dish detergent and 1/2 cup of warm water mixed together. Disconnect the unit from power. Mix the soap and water then pour over the joints of the unit and the drain spigot. The Drain spigot can sometimes become blocked partially open when a flake of rust becomes lodged at the valve face after draining. If so you will find the leak when the soap hit the spigot. Lots of bubbles indicated leak. Hope this helps. I have seen issues at the reed valve on the compressor where one or two of the screws that hold the reed valve to the cylinder head beome loose.
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Sound to me like you are having blow by on the piston rings. The compressor cant hol pressure and probably runs all the time. Probably not worth fixing .Hope this helpsSound to me like you are having blow by on the piston rings. The compressor cant hol pressure and probably runs all the time. Probably not worth fixing .Hope this helps
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Have you checked the regulator setting? If you tighten the regulator down to the lowest setting and let it set for 30 minutes this may well re seat the valve face. So 1. Tighten the regulator to as tight as you can NO TOOLS just by hand. Let the unit set for 30 minutes. Unccrew the regulator know to the highest value. 2. Fire up the unit and test.
You may be joyously surprised. Otherwise it's likely a leak that only opens above 40 psi. If that is the case then you can let the unit run to load at 40 psi. Then with 1/4 cup of dawn dish detergent and 1/2 cup of warm water mixed together. Disconnect the unit from power. Mix the soap and water then pour over the joints of the unit and the drain spigot. The Drain spigot can sometimes become blocked partially open when a flake of rust becomes lodged at the valve face after draining. If so you will find the leak when the soap hit the spigot. Lots of bubbles indicated leak.
Hope this helps. I have seen issues at the reed valve on the compressor where one or two of the screws that hold the reed valve to the cylinder head beome loose.
Btw, I’m available to help over the phone in case u need at https://www.6ya.com/expert/john_28069c9efb56199d
Sound to me like you are having blow by on the piston rings. The compressor cant hol pressure and probably runs all the time. Probably not worth fixing .Hope this helps