CARNAGE! Failure To Maintain An Air Compressor Leads to MASSIVE FAILURE! Teardown W

A few months ago, Anthony ‪@BeardedFordTech‬ texts me that his shop's air compressor had "Failed" and that it would be cool to tear it down to see what happened. Flash forward and he makes plans to bring it to my shop in Saint Louis! Of course showing you all the after effects of bad maintenance is kind of what we do here, and this technically has rods and pistons.
If you haven't already, check out Anthony's channel where instead of tearing down blown up engines and working on junk, he shows you how to fix cars properly / @beardedfordtech .
This thing was DESTROYED! Apparently never having been maintained results in some of the most extreme damage we've seen on the channel. I'd say the damage in this compressor rivals MANY of the engines we've torn down.
I had a lot of fun doing this with Anthony. Since it was strictly just for "lets see how bad it is", the pressure of salvaging good parts to create profit didn't exist here! You all owe him a huge thanks because without him, this teardown wouldn't exist.
If you'd like anything out of this compressor, or want to buy parts out of anything else I've town down you can email us at [e-mail] or visit www.Importapart.com to check out our newest inventory.
As always I love all of the comments, feedback and even the criticism. Catch you on the next one!
-Eric

[@BeardedFordTech]

This teardown was a lot of fun. The more we tore it down the worse it got. I was not expecting to see that much carnage inside. Maybe just a spun bearing, not complete anarchy. Eric thank you for having me I had a blast hanging out with you for a few days. I'm sure there will be more in the future. To everyone else. Thank you for watching have a great day.

[@jackhentschel5961]

certainly an impressively blown up compressor, also you gained me as a sub

[@BeardedFordTech]

@@jackhentschel5961 much appreciated

[@rhondohslade]

Awesome teardown video. Can't help but wonder when you are changing the name of your channel to I Do/Did Air Compressors😊

[@Boodieman72]

Just remember to bring your safety squints.

[@BeardedFordTech]

@@Boodieman72 that's right.

[@Serious-Man]

"They're not allowed to touch my new compressor". Sounds like they never touched the old one either...

[@tdotw77]

💯👍🏻👌🏻 🚫🛢️🤦🏻‍♂️

[@BeardedFordTech]

This is true. In fact I don't know if they ever did.

[@nitromyke]

They probably changed the air filters at some point lol

[@BeardedFordTech]

@@nitromyke probably the only thing they changed

[@ravenbarsrepairs5594]

I know the feeling. I work in an antiquated recycling facility for a trash company that collections takes priority. We're barely able to get them to complete some urgent repairs, while we handle the rest with plant staff, primarily myself. Preventative maintained has never been a priority. Every gearbox in the place is supposed to have a 6 month oil change interval(some can go 3yrs if you use a specific expensive oil.) Other than 1 gearbox that blew up, none of them have had an oil change since I changed the oil in one in 2017, beyond needed for topping up/major seal leak replacement. There is one I don't even have a way to check the oil level in, due to an out a 15deg out of the closest of the 5 specified mounting position. Our air compressor is an 80gal 240v upright model, that dates to the mid 1990's. It's maintanence is equally neglected, although it's only run a day or 2 per week to blow out equipment radiators and clean off equipment(although I do have an adapter hose around, converting the company Automotive style fittings to the I/M fittings I use; for big projects I have the opportunity to plan in advance for and bring in my helpful air tools from home), and I try to at least check the oil level, and drain the water every month or 2. The bottom of the tank is filled with that super sticky white oil/water sludge anyone that drained poorly maintained compressors knows well.

[@lornebelongia4780]

I think the electric motor that drove this to destruction deserves an award!

[@BeardedFordTech]

I kept it.

[@josedomingosteixeira1379]

​@@BeardedFordTechjust out of curiosity, is it a relatively recent electric engine? Everyone keeps telling me to keep mine as it's over thirty years old.

[@BeardedFordTech]

@@josedomingosteixeira1379 maybe 5 years old. It's not 30 years old for sure

[@josedomingosteixeira1379]

​@@BeardedFordTechMine is from 1992.

[@BeardedFordTech]

@josedomingosteixeira1379 yes I would definitely keep that. This one is about 5 years old maybe 7.

[@Mittencarpentry]

Eric FINALLY got to say “why did you do that?” Instead of the normal “why did I do that?”

[@brucecooley4170]

2 stage compressor, Big cylinder pushes air to little one through that heavy radiator cooler. 2 intakes and one exhaust. Each bank connects to output. You probably can buy all the broken parts, but faster and easier to just buy a new pump. Little tube is an unloader to reduce start up resistance.

[@commonsenseisdeadin2024]

a new head is actually really cheap. for 4500 I hope he bought a screw!

[@ericknutson602]

On that compressor there is a low oil level switch..I believe it failed long before the pistons did.

[@silentferret1049]

@@ericknutson602 I don't think it failed as there was still oil like sludge on the sensor. It just could not sense the rest of the missing oil. Though makes you wonder if Eric is going to make sure his shop compressors are up on their oil and maintenance.

[@jbro507]

How do the valves work? I always assumed valves in a compressor were similar to reed valves in a two stroke dirt bike but these don’t look anything like that.

[@I_Do_Cars]

We change the oil in ours once a year

[@dudemelonhed8508]

The little end of that rod broke on the bottom side and was so hot it folded back over and "welded" itself back. That's lovely carnage, Thanks my guys.

[@rhondohslade]

A self-repairing con rod...

[@kellyherald1390]

It was hammer forged.

[@localroger]

The reason the carnage is so much worse than what you're used to is that an engine has to supply the energy for its own destruction; at a certain level of destruction it stops. The compressor is powered by an external motor though which can keep beating it to shrapnel long after it's way too ruined to do anything useful.

[@dagamer667]

That's unless a vehicle is flat towed still in gear!

[@Ghauster]

@@dagamer667 when you do that. You get your just rewards and hopefully learn something.

[@YouTubeAIbot]

@@dagamer667that poor EJ. Still one of my favorites to this day

[@localroger]

@@dagamer667 Good point. Has Eric ever had one that happened to?

[@commonsenseisdeadin2024]

@@dagamer667 would lock the wheels up before continuing being a hammer forge

[@Yourboipilot]

As someone who’s been in the compressor industry all my life, seeing this kind of neglect always brings me joy. That compressor was knocking for months before it went boom

[@commonsenseisdeadin2024]

oh for sure!

[@mitchellmerrill8459]

And they didn't notice. Had making alot racket for a long time.

[@joshmanis9860]

@@mitchellmerrill8459the thing is, is that if it’s gradual enough you won’t notice, some one said my trucks blinker click noise was loud when I replaced the blinker box it was ALOT quieter

[@brighamshamrell4524]

@@joshmanis9860don't forget to change the blinker fluid too. It's an oft-forgotten maintenance item.

[@joshmanis9860]

@@brighamshamrell4524 will do😉

[@Jodah175]

Marketplace ad: "Ran when parked" 🤣

[@MultiMightyQuinn]

I believe the lubricity is NO. That doesn't have a "weight" it has a "grit". Thanks for the mid-week entertainment! Enjoy your holiday!

[@volvo09]

As oil was disappearing metal was flaking off it was bringing up the oil grit level to keep it going, I can't believe how trashed that thing is!

[@cjrmultigun]

I've seen mill files with higher lubricity...

[@ArKritz84]

It both was and wasn't... lubiquitous. 😏

[@kurtisstutzman7056]

You mean your oil isn't supposed to be gritty...?!

[@bradhaines3142]

lmao it's running on lapping compound

[@scotty2307]

I used to work at a truck repair company. We had 2 different compressors. The large compressor was in as well fenced area in the parking lot. One day while at work, I was walking across the parking lot and there was suddenly an explosion like a stick of dynamite, and a big cloud of black smoke was rising up from the compressor. The crankcase was blown to pieces. Someone had gotten into the compressor yard and removed the oil drain plug. Evidently, running with no oil, the residual oil got so hot that it started producing flammable vapors which then ignited explosively.

[@ouch1011]

All I can say is the electric motor driving this compressor is a beast to be able to power through that. It turned the crankshaft into a camshaft

[@BeardedFordTech]

I kept the electric motor. And the tank. Will add it to the new shop when it's built

[@JMJR07]

I just watched an old How It’s Made episode where they refurbished commercial refrigeration compressors and they “honed” the cylinder bore with a scouring pad on a die grinder and “decked” the block with a fibre disk on a sander. I’ve seen third world machine shop videos with more sophisticated processes.

[@d3str0i3r]

sadly that's how first world operates, you start out doing it right, and slowly, in a series of small moneysaving changes, you start to cheat, cut corners, and take shortcuts, until your production line feels more like a jerry rigging line, because you can afford to lose out on reliability and efficiency a third world shop though? they need to make their stuff last, they can't afford failures and replacements, so they learn real quick it has to be done right everytime

[@russelljacob7955]

12:43 That is indeed how one makes anti-seize. Way anti-seize works is you must make seize negative paste. You take a low level degraded seize neutral oil, then run it in a moving device. The machine then draws seize out of the paste. Now you have a device that has a positive seize charge, and a negative seize paste.

[@wills.5762]

if this doesnt get top comment ill be mad

[@rhondohslade]

😂

[@Sw-so4zj]

Big brain here

[@markkrug766]

All it was missing was a water pump

[@cprossu]

Not true, there was no dipstick either!

[@tootsch]

You need to send this unit back to the manufacturer for warranty replacement. It's obviously a defective unit.

[@BeardedFordTech]

😂

[@chuckschultz7028]

When I was chief engineer in a machine shop, I concluded that there were only two reasons why equipment failed: Either we ignored the warning sounds and did not work on it. Or we worked on it and did not understand what we were doing. Lubrication, actually lack of it, kills rotating equipment.

[@PaulG.x]

The valves in compressors are passively operated flap valves , a form of check valve , the intake opens under negative pressure in the cylinder and closes under positive pressure in the cylinder , the exhaust valve does the reverse. What you see is normal. The two different size pistons are because it is a 2 stage compressor , the 1st low pressure stage feeds into the 2nd high pressure stage.

[@jtjones4727]

Kind of like reed valves I take it??

[@TurboGreen]

"Disconnecting Rod" ALWAYS gets me 🤣🤣🤣

[@darnoldie]

Oh yeah!! Malice in the compression palace!!

[@darthkarl99]

I believe its Malus, but Malice kinda works too i guess.

[@zaphodbeeblebrox1695]

@@darthkarl99 You believe completely wrong 🤣, it's definitely malice 😏

[@darthkarl99]

@@zaphodbeeblebrox1695 Must be an accent thing as he way they pronounce malice is nothing like how we pronounce it but exactly how we pronounce malus.

[@zaphodbeeblebrox1695]

@@darthkarl99 😵‍💫 He's saying Malice !, as in malice in the combustion palace , wtf is malus and what has it got to do with the price of fish

[@darthkarl99]

@@zaphodbeeblebrox1695 Malus is an older english word meaning bad,evil, wrong, e.t.c.

[@lancecorey6582]

There were a few oil changes missed, like 10 consecutively.

[@edrannou3914]

Kudos to Anthony for sharing this with us. It looks like the filters were serviced, but no one knew how to change the oil.

[@BeardedFordTech]

Yep. That's the problem when another part of the company is responsible for that type of stuff. No they aren't. Now it's my responsibility and it shall be serviced on time.

[@evilbrian66]

@@BeardedFordTech i wonder if it has a inline air water separator to keep the air tools clean. or has it been sending slush to your tools 😖

[@BeardedFordTech]

@@evilbrian66 there is an in line water separator. I use battery tools now. Obviously air for the drive on lift to release locks and use air blow guns. And use air to empty oil catches and such. But there is a separator inline

[@FerralVideo]

It looks like what happened was that they saw the perma-stain line on the sight glass and said "Oh, it has enough oil", even once it didn't anymore.

[@laveritesurlestemoinsdejeh8522]

Eric!! You forgot to remove the spark plugs!!! Oh, wait...

[@LynxSnowCat]

'The tool' made a few while extracting the wrist pins, but there was no appropriate fuel delivery.

[@The_DuMont_Network]

"We're crowning!". I spit a mouthful of coffee...

[@copperaudio9664]

My compressor did that. The oil had stained the little oil level window so it always looked full and I always check. Then one day there was a puddle of oil on the floor that I thought leaked out of my chain saw bar oil compartment cause it always leaked. "Then one day my neighbor told me "my compressor was making a hell of a racket last night" The compression palace was malice'd.

[@BeardedFordTech]

Exactly what happened here.

[@mattthompson904]

That “small wrench” was manufactured in my city! Diamond tool in Duluth, MN 2:41 😊

[@tdotw77]

The 'lil' 18" Diamalloy! 😅pretty cool! 👍🏻🛠️🔧

[@capnkwick4286]

My dad was an aircraft PowerPoint mechanic in WW2. While we were growing up on the farm, he always favored buying and using Diamond tools.

[@DrRacer78]

33:03 *Time for the tool.* Eric's wrists: *NO GOD PLEASE NO!*

[@tammyfetzner5792]

That oil flavor should be called "Diaper Nightmare".

[@greebj]

I imagine this substance would exist if T-800s had babies

[@codo7]

That once was probably a good air compressor, high quality. My boss kept one in his shop that was old when I got there and had only oil added to it. They don't deal with destructive combustion; no carbon. AN air compressor can last a very long time.We used that used air compressor for thirty years. It was really loose, sounded like it had no problem rotating.

[@timothybayliss6680]

Oil bath compressors like this can last decades. I have an oil free compressor, its only about 20 minutes and $20 to drop a new ring and cylinder in. Pick your poison.

[@nigelalderman9178]

Yes In had one made in 1948. I used it up until 2016 when I sold it to make space. It had a dipstick, which was a good idea compared to a sight glass.

[@gentjim5007]

Guest teardown are next level! Now you need to get some racers in to do teardown of their stuff. Drag racing, NASCAR, open wheel. Good stuff!

[@chrishengeveld6117]

Nice... something different. Thanks Eric❤😂😎👍 (and yes, it is still...an engine....lol)

[@williamjones4483]

I agree because it converts on form of energy into mechanical energy.

[@shawnstillman736]

The weird looking valve is a reed valve. It has a flat piece of metal that allows air in but not out. Large piston is low pressure small is high pressure. Air comes in the normal looking valves goes into the reed valve to the high pressure side to tank.

[@TheStefanskoglund1]

and on the high pressure side, the inlet valve is the same design as the two for air inlet valves.

[@shawnstillman736]

@@TheStefanskoglund1 Yes then reed to tank.

[@EdBoi18]

These ain't reed valves. They're spring loaded disc valves, but they do work the same, just more efficiently.

[@billbrown3414]

I've dealt with a lot of recip compressors over the years. Most were much larger than this but, if someone should have measured the normal running current of the motor driving the compressor and correctly sized the thermal overloads based on the running current. That might (MIGHT) have prevented complete destruction by shutting itself down.

[@greebj]

"Can you imagine servicing these?" Maybe that's the problem here, the tech imagined that they serviced it

[@mhkaroly]

There used to be a day when all we had were "regular" tools. The ratchet was a wonderful tool!

[@dans_Learning_Curve]

Excellent video!! FYI That is a pump. Well, it *WAS* a pump! A compressor is the pump, tank, and other parts. This information came from my brother-in-law who works on these. I was wanting to upgrade the pump on my single stage compressor to a two stage. I started sending him links to cheap two stage pumps. This got his thought process flowing. He started building me a Quincy 5 HP pump. He asked if I had a tank. Well, he scrounged up a dented tank for me. Long story shorter, he gave me a complete 5 HP Quincy two stage compressor! Remember, this all started by me sending links to compressors, er I mean pumps.

[@patmcbride9853]

What a shame. I had one of those aluminum single stage compressors and it ran low on oil and seized in short order. Those cast iron pumps are worth maintaining.

[@martin-vv9lf]

I would think it could be bored out and sleeved, and the crankshaft could be ground also. there's no hole in the block at least.

[@SeishukuS12]

Testament to the air compressor's quality to survive that long.... Lucky that poor thing didn't burst into flames with as hot as it was to do that.

[@volvo09]

Oh man! I can't believe how slowly that thing was beaten to death! Yet it still worked "enough" with all that damage, because that didn't happen in a day!

[@russellstyles5381]

Always wondered about the compressor at our shop in Army. We did not use it, the building was built as a garage, we were electronic maintenance. Painted a truck once. At least 10 times this size, 6 feet tall. Not sure why the building had such a big compressor.

[@patrickmorrissey2271]

"Playing with the hole here....." Fingers going in to gooey places... I think I accidentally went on the wrong website..... Yeeeesh.

[@TheMissing62]

Oh, a Harley Davidson engine...!

[@I_Do_Cars]

lol, made me chuckle

[@TheMissing62]

@@I_Do_Cars Just a little of what we receive from you weekly. You deserve it 😁

[@jayyydizzzle]

Shame a bot took your comment but i found ya

[@jasonhaman4670]

This was awesome and fascinating. Hope you find more off-the-wall stuff like this in the future. And I hope those irresponsible for maintaining this are now unemployed.

[@ghall7763]

That “fluid” looks like Taco Bell the morning after

[@Madpegasusmax]

ah ,another Polaris V engine ...ohh, it's a compressor ... it was a compressor... wow ... This one gone trough hell and came back for this tear down ... the sound of this running should be a breath of fresh air ... quite impressive .. it's Compressageddon level ...omg ...

[@hirisk761]

viscosity of mud 😂

[@BillWrightabc]

Eric and Anthony...thank you for taking my mind off--other issues. I had to stop this great video not once, but TWICE to wipe a lovely red wine nose snort off my keyboard from laughing when you guys dropped lines that 1. caught me off guard and 2. were just so DA*M funny it took me minutes to recover. What a great "verbal" and "mechanical" bunch of fireworks to kick off the July 4th Holiday weekend. May you and your families both relax and enjoy the festivities! 🤣👍🍷💻

[@matt996]

You have inspired me to check the oil in my compressor

[@BeardedFordTech]

😂

[@keenosaabi4530]

i noticed the lifting lugs on top of the case might have survived. thanks, this one is for the books.

[@tdotw77]

😅I read this real quick and read "lifting LUNGS"at first 😂😂🤦🏻‍♂️🤣

[@liver.flush.maestro]

It is nice to have friends on the channel from time to time 🙂

[@Me-zo8yc]

"he drove this all the way here" 😂😂😂

[@lordcorgi6481]

When the wristpins are damaged you know it's bad...or a Dodge 😂

[@brandonsimunac]

Definitely didn't hit the mileage for it's 20k oil change, must have failed due to operator error. Warranty denied.

[@gregdiamond6023]

Thank you BeardedFordTech for the teardown of your destroyed compressor. The carnage was epic and I enjoyed seeing it. Very impressive good sir.

[@larryjohnson7591]

That was some amazing pistons and crank. I cannot believe all the little pieces of metal and bearing material in that thing. Even the bearings destructed. Amazing is all I can say. Thanks for showing me just how bad a compressor can get.

[@DadsGarageDiagnosticSpecialist]

That thing ran for a long time before it stopped. Impressive!

[@mike-jc9zd]

How long did it actually run before it exploded one day a week a month?

[@MrDiplomata]

Wait... No water pump? 😂😂😂

[@miketrimberger7686]

That rod was hammer-welded back together!

[@johnmchardy1229]

Wow those little pistons looks very much like the pistons out of my Puch 250 2 stroke motorcycle it had 2 small pistons one behind the other and both pistons were connected to the same con rod with one throw of the crank. They shared a common combustion chamber in the head. This was fun guys I will check out the other channel. All the best from Australia. Look forward to you 2 doing another video.

[@Joserocha-wm9de]

Don't forget to service your air compressor every 1M hrs 😂

[@TOONMAN200]

Great video, in my shop we maintain our own equipment. Had the same air compressor for over 20 years no problems. Little side note when you knocked out that wrist pin and hit that snack pack box, I got a kick out of that. That mystery pipe going to the back of the air compressor behind the crankshaft, that is the unloader. When the compressor turns off it bleeds the supply line to the air tank, so the compressor starts with no load. There tank has over hundred psi, so if the air tank supply pipe is not bled off, the compressor will not start, either burn up the motor through the circuit breaker.

[@kencreten7308]

that "oil" eek. Glad I wasn't eating when you two showed it.

[@tdotw77]

Finally the pudding snack pack box makes itself useful instead of just sitting on the shelf in the background week after week doing nothing but making us wonder whats going on with it & why is it sitting there on that shelf for the many months its been there!?😂🤣🤔

[@stonent]

I've wondered that also. Just one day it appeared in the videos and has been there since.

[@tdotw77]

@@stonent 😀Idk I've asked & brought it up a few times. Guess it's just a mystery box! 😂😂

[@dennissheridan1550]

Those wrist pins are solid instead of hollow, that's the only reason they are intact.

[@davebarron5939]

I purchased a Craftsman Ceramic oil-less compressor from Sears 25 years ago, it is plugged in all the time and all I have done is drain it every fall and it works perfectly still. This is in a home owners application.

[@Failure_Is_An_Option]

Doubt it is ceramic.

[@ericjohnson7718]

Never a dull moment on the chanel😂😂😂😂❤❤❤

[@bassiclymike]

That was AMAZING!!!! EPIC CARNAGE!!! I wish this channel was in existence in 2012. I had lost power due to Hurricane Sandy. I borrowed a generator from my brother-in-law's business. After two days, it died, and sounded bad while in it's death throes. I opened the oil plug and the dreaded metallic paste/liquid came out. I'm assuming bad stuff happened. I gave it back and they probably reamed out the guys responsible for maintenance. I imagine that what I was seeing was disintegrated bearings. Would have made for an interesting teardown. I'll keep you in mind for the next engine I blow up. Oh, and thanks Anthony! This video was good for many loudly vocal chuckles.

[@SteveStomper]

Epic teardown. This was awesome!

[@rocketsurgeon11]

This was GREAT! It'd be SO much fun to do a teardown with you. The banter and antics are great! BTW that "fluid" looked like dog diarrhea after they eat chocolate.

[@stevennavarro2076]

21:03 everyone watching was probably like AWWWWWWWWWHH😂😂😂 bearing delete’s everywhere

[@Dave.76]

Still trying to figure out which one of you had the most fun 😂😂 Looked like a couple of kids in a candy shop😂😂 Great video guys👍👍👍

[@jtjones4727]

Wow that is some impressively worn out stuff there. I've never seen every bearing turned into foil like that, that motor turning that must be a champ.

[@AllSeeingHeart]

Neglect for President; oh wait - what a DISASTER. lol. Strength! GODsp33d!

[@wizardind3203]

gas motor stops when it blows this pump won't stop until you turn the power off it could have ran all night long

[@grampy2004]

I think someone neglected to check the oil. Just like anything that moves needs lubrication

[@TechMage299]

just when i was about to comment about seeing sparks in that first wrist pin extraction, you dangle a snack pack right in front of the world to see. is that how you really want to be known in internet history, as the guy who finds snack pack-like fluids(?) inside of greatly taken care of enginges??

[@samuelt321]

I liked the banter between the two of you

[@Carcrafter7165]

This was a very good collaboration and fun to watch.

[@anythinggoesgarage5943]

Yeah whoever was in charge in that maintenance should never be allowed to touch another piece of equipment! They should take up crocheting. How could you not hear that ? that's a mess that took a long time to destroy itself!

[@davidhomen4528]

This reminds me of my 40 year career in the grocery business. The compressors that ran all the coolers and freezers would constantly go down. Maintenance would put a bandade on them just to keep them 😂 running? 😂😂😂 Until one maintenance worker decided to take a inspection cover off. IT WAS GRENADED! It won't have been cheaper on the company just to keep the Maintenance up on them.

[@stger2384]

It would be a first, but I kinda would like for you to have a very short sponsor mention like "today's episode is sponored by.... Pigmat / Nitril gloves" :D

[@sparkyprojects]

The large pistons are low pressure, the small ones are high, so the air should go from inlet, to low, to high, to outlet The valves are spring loaded (no pushrods), the ones with the holes are exhaust/outlet

[@Rusty-METAL-J]

The technical[Engineering] Dept defines a motor as a device that creates work & and energy but requires another source of power that is constant. Like Electric Motor. The electron wave doesn't give much of a Fizzuck about AC/DC, just as long as it is flowing. Now this is the fun part friends & neighbors an Engine only requires a secondary source of energy to start. After that, the engine creates the power as long as there is a fuel/Oxy source, like gasoline. When you disconnect the battery from a Gasoline Engine, as long as the alternator is in good condition it will keep the engine running long after the battery is disconnected. That proves that 1ce the engine is running it is creating its own energy and power. Every time you remove the electricity, or otherwise.

[@johntaylor1947]

That is sad to see that compressor looks a lot like my Develbiss compressor and that pump alone cost 2500.00 I worked for a company that installed a new special poupous compressor that had a drying system. The sprinkler crew installed it and walked away the electrician wired it up and walked away. No one checked or put oil in the brand-new pump, so it failed in about 12 days. To replace that system was over 7k.

[@darylkornbau6739]

Wow, it hammer forged itself

[@lancecluster]

Pretty funny banter during this tear down.

[@PhilGillingwater]

Surprised the 'pair of jugs' (or melons) didn't get mentioned.

[@douglasrizzo9210]

Optional variable displacement compressor. Must've sounded sweet - two counties over.

[@johnfaulks2120]

Lot's of fun. BTW, thinking of other things with pistons that might be fun, perhaps an engine from an aircraft like a Cessna.

[@EShirako]

That brake cleaner outbreak at 35:40 looks like it would likely be even approved by @RainmanRaysRepairs or something. So much spray...so much clean! Too bad you guys couldn't (yet?) get to use RRay's "Dramatic Brake Clean Reveal" sound! ( #brakecleanmafia ? ) Anyway, wow, even brake cleaner was having trouble budging THAT 'metal-cheese porridge'. Did the maintenance company EVER change the oil?! Or even LOOK at the oil? What oil does it normally take? Hydraulic oil, regular motor oil or what? I can't even decide what it might have been due to the concentrated glitter-slime. I see oil feed holes in the rods...is there a cheese-pump in there somewhere? I mean, 'an oil pump'? It looks like something wanted to ATTEMPT to pump that cheese, at least ideally or something. This whole teardown made me laugh several times during watching it, for anything that's worth. :D

[@dracodrake45]

Im dying of laughter from this

[@peterbenson3776]

At my place of work we had dual 2stage air compressors that are maintained well . Oil change every 90 days. They are 33 years old so yeah maintenance.

[@brynnond.6952]

Looks similar to the compressor that started getting stupidly loud rod knock, was only about a year old but 0 maintenance from the company, was a part of the fire suppression system for our building and one day went to check on what the god awful noise was just to see the compressor jumping around from knocking so bad, looked at the sight glass and it was straight silver sludge

[@silentferret1049]

Normally on these type of compressors, the whole rotating assembly can be replaced. the most expensive parts is the cast iron parts as they tend to be hard to replace unless from a donor compressor. I would not be surprised if that could be rebuilt but then again its the how much for the whole rotating assembly would be the question then. I had to rebuild a 3 piston air compressor as rings were a bit stuck and one of the connecting rods was broken (done when removing the piston from the cylinder because it was stuck) but was able to get replacement parts for it all and even gaskets, went back together nice enough with a nice new paint job.

[@knighthawk86855]

I didn't hear it mentioned, but I hope the company that was "supposed" to service your compressor, bought you your new one.

[@billkraemer4710]

I am 64 and have a compressor that is probably as old as I am. The oil has been changed once by me, and I wonder if it was ever changed before that. What ever was use in place of oil must have come from the green new deal, because that was never really oil.

[@lexmaximaguy8788]

When your tool goes in clean but comes out covered...

[@paulravitsky2898]

Thanks Anthony!!!

[@mathuetax]

Ooo, the 'Snack pack' boxes moved! SO was this compressor in an outside shack?