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

[@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.

[@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.

[@Mittencarpentry]

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

[@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😉

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@Jodah175]

Marketplace ad: "Ran when parked" 🤣

[@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.

[@TurboGreen]

"Disconnecting Rod" ALWAYS gets me 🤣🤣🤣

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@tootsch]

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

[@BeardedFordTech]

😂

[@The_DuMont_Network]

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

[@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??

[@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

[@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!

[@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!

[@DrRacer78]

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

[@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.

[@gregdiamond6023]

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

[@tammyfetzner5792]

That oil flavor should be called "Diaper Nightmare".

[@greebj]

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

[@lancecorey6582]

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

[@liver.flush.maestro]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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!

[@mhkaroly]

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

[@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! 🤣👍🍷💻

[@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.

[@RobVanClown]

I'm an Air compressor service technician in Phoenix AZ Awesome video, compressor service is much cheaper then buying a new one. Recommended service on a compressor of this style is change oil and air filter(s) every 3-6 months based on use and and working area. Also checks on the motor, sheaves, belts and receiver tank. Daily condensate draining should be done from receiver tank, if you don't want to do that you can install a 115v 1/4" auto time drain piped to a bucket. In the world of air compressors this is by far the simplest and cheapest air compressor style. The rotary compressors are beast of their own. The biggest i work on is a KRSP 500hp 2 Stage that supplies air to a Cemex plant. If you imagine you are holding a cube in your hands and in this cube is 125psi, this compressor puts out 2500-3000 of those cubes per minutes. Compressors are a crazy feat of engineering and sophisticated technology.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@greebj]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@fk4515]

Years ago I was a maintenance supervisor for a rendering plant complex. Most of our compressed air was handled by a pair of Kaiser screw type compressors in the basement of the office/power house building. Our waste water plant was across the rail road tracks and had its' own reciprocating compressor. The manufacturer of that air compressor went out of business. Of course we needed to service the compressor and we were able to figure out the oil requirements but getting the oil filter was difficult and I looked for a few months. Finally an air compressor and pump sales business found a source for the oil filter. I ordered it even though it was expensive, like $30 expensive. When the oil filter came in I was checking it out trying to figure out if there was another, cheaper source for the filter. As soon as I took the filter out of the box I realized I just paid $30 for a Fram PH8A. Dammm! As far as the statements about you not seeing anything this bad? You deal with engines, when they break they stop, with an air compressor when they break the motor continues to spin them beating the remaining parts into a chunky paste.

[@thomasjacobsson4348]

My grandpa was a refrigeration compressor repairman. All his stuff he worked on were operated by check valves - opened by either vacuum or compression. This is why the intake and exhaust valves look different from each other, some open one way, the others open the other way. Large chamber pulls from outside and compresses to the small one, that then compresses further into the tank. Super easy to work on, and the only spinning parts were the crankshaft and rotating assembly.

[@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.

[@bobbyv5143]

Thanks and Eric and Anthony, that was fun to watch!

[@maxwedge5683]

That big electrical thingy hanging off the side of the crankcase is a Low Oil Level Switch. It's a float switch designed to shut off the motor when the crankcase oil level falls dangerously low. It's purpose is to prevent such situations. It's obviously either defective or it was never wired in to the control circuit. Not an uncommon situation. This brings back fond memories. Air compressors and refrigeration compressors are very similar to ICE engines. I worked on such devices for 40+ years. This was one of your most entertaining videos to date. Thanks...

[@edifyguy]

That was cool. That's the thing about having an electric motor that doesn't care spinning it after things start to go bad......it just keeps shredding and shredding and shredding. I'm surprised you don't have snap ring pliers. Anyway, lots of fun. Glad you did this.

[@jasonkobos3850]

there is no fun in using the right tool for the job. 😄

[@MrCee-vv2nk]

Eye work at an Air Force repair shop, and I saw a youtube clip where the oil window shows it full, but it is burnt oil on the window. I was watching your video (GREAT ! video) and I did not hear or see you talk about it in the video, but your window ALSO shows the oil being at the right level. I cleaned ours, and we always change our fluid every month no matter what (rules and regulations). I like your videos, even tell some other troops to watch your videos about engines before doing crazy things they are thinking of doing.

[@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.

[@chash7335]

I've got the same basic compressor in my shop. The 4 cylinders are closer in size to each other. It's about 70 years old and was rebuilt ~40 years ago by a previous owner. Sad to see such a good piece succumb to lack of maintenance.

[@miketrimberger7686]

That rod was hammer-welded back together!

[@kiubnzeogurmuerseger]

A guest! Nice. Little change from car engines is nice from time to time, like the car salvages / projects. Keep the good work! Cheers from Germany.

[@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!

[@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

[@kencreten7308]

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

[@RyanKimpel]

"Just turned it on to air up bike tires for the boy scouts and it shut off." I bet that thing sounded like a trapped bear in that room, records were broken on this channel. Fantastic content like always.

[@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! 😂😂

[@1straightcut]

I had to laugh at the brake cleaner segment! Ha! Great job!👍. My wife gasps whenever I use brake cleaner, so I had to show her. Sadly, but predictably, she wasn’t amused. She just doesn’t get how guys get a laugh. On a serious note, that stuff is something to be careful with. One day you might do a tear down of an engine from a vehicle being towed that was left in gear - that might have similar damage as this motor driven compressor. Thank you for a great video!

[@Herbybandit]

For that wrist pin to break out and then the end to be forge welded back together that got HOT! 🔥

[@patrickmorrissey2271]

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

[@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.

[@matt996]

You have inspired me to check the oil in my compressor

[@BeardedFordTech]

😂

[@Tiger351]

Massive thanks to Anthony for turning a huge negative for himself into a positive for all of us, it sucks the compressor blew up due to someone else's negligence but it makes for an interesting video. I've honestly never seen a compressor this bad, usually it's just the roller bearings on the crank or broken rings before someone figures out there's enough damage to switch it off asap.

[@chrisbayus5189]

We need more collaborations like this! Great stuff!

[@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.

[@davidetchellsetchells4692]

The crank ground itself into a cam!!!!😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@spaceflight1019]

When I worked at Cheswick Power Station I was an Electrical and Instrument tech. One day the control room asked me to go to the screenhouse because the river level transmitter was offscale low. I tracked the problem to the air compressor, which was running but not compressing any air. The crankshaft had snapped due to no oil. The operators were supposed to check the oil level but one of them rotated the low oil level shutoff switch to make it run when the oil level was too low.

[@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.

[@innesm]

ROFPML. Thank you BeardedFordTech and Eric for this absolutely fantastic video. You both had me in stitches watching. You’re a great comedy duo. As always, very interesting, and informative. We never get to see inside of compressors. I can visualise what it should be like inside. Poor compressor.

[@mistereeize]

Undoubtedly, the best teardown video ever! You guys have to do more together. It's just the best entertainment I've seen on KZbin

[@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 😂😂🤦🏻‍♂️🤣

[@mindwreckRC]

little education for folks interested. this is a 2 stage air compressor. big cylinder is the low side. smaller is the high side. that big chunk is a heatsink and junction between the two. it cools the air a little after the first compression stage so its a little easier to compress in the 2nd stage. First stage brings the air from atmosphere to something in the middle say 100psi. then the 2nd stage takes that 100psi to the final 175psi. you can always tell which one is the first stage because thats the one that sucks in fresh air. its the one with the air filter attached. The tube you take off at 5:04 is the decompression valve. It vents the pressure out of the cylinders after the compressor hits its shutoff. This makes it easier for the motor to start again since it does't have to pump against the high pressure from previous run. prevent dead stalling the motor at 0 rpm. Theres supposed to be a clutch mechanism in all that DIY antisieze. when the pump stops. the valve opens and vents the pressure. it stay open during initial start up so the motor can build rpm. then it closes and the compressor builds pressure. valves are one way valves. thats why 2 are intakes and the outlet is flipped. this failure is purely because they never changed the oil or inspected it. They just replaced the air filters.. these things are splash lubricated. if the oil can't splash around freely. things wear out and then the compressor doesn't compress.. then it works harder and longer. hotter til it cooks itself and implodes. just like car engine.. CHANGE OIL REGULARLY. Those valves were way dirty too. so it could have not been sealing well. pump works harder, longer and again cooks itself to implosion

[@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.

[@refurbansuburban]

A couple of gearwrenches couldn't hurt. Nice carnage! A++

[@EATSLEEPDRIVE2002]

This was an awesome video. I love the variety in this channel. Thank you for the great content!

[@AllSeeingHeart]

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

[@yodasbff3395]

That was interesting. I'm now going to go out to the garage and check the oil in my compressor. Thanks for the video. 👍

[@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.

[@paulmartin8212]

It doesn't smell as bad as rear end fluid. Eric, be careful holding his rod. You guys crack me up. That was different but fun. thanks for sharing.

[@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.

[@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 ...

[@Magus2222]

Wow, that's the worst carnage I've seen short of racing stuff going boom. Thank you for the content

[@reelreeler8778]

used to change oil on my two shop compressors once a year.....never missed a change and never had a problem, and both compressors were old as dirt

[@joelcarson4602]

When "viscosity" becomes "grit". That's one heckuva phase change there pardner.

[@wesleybrown863]

If want more fun like that just check with a farm equipment dealership. I was a service manager for a full line John Deere dealership we seen gear boxes from all kinds of equipment in similar condition. Seal usually fails first, oil leaks out and vola destroyed gear box.

[@gordonfurness6253]

Awesome video. I love all of Eric's tear downs, but these odd-ball videos are always so fun to watch. The amount of damage in that compressor was extremely impressive...and to think, just $10 worth of oil would have prevented that.

[@raystevens1458]

I have worked on compressors in my time but that takes the cake. You should have Anthony in on other tear downs, both of you together was a gas ! Thanks Eric, & Happy 4th of July.

[@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.

[@CableWrestler]

I'm impressed that he managed to drive that compressor all the way to you - there's no wheels or seats for a start!

[@ottopartz1]

I wonder how much water was sitting in the tank. Hopefully you got a new one of those as well!

[@PickleNick139]

This was a good one. It even made me laugh when I went to hit like because there was an ad for a new air compressor below the video! 😂 Ad sense out here workin!

[@Me-zo8yc]

"he drove this all the way here" 😂😂😂

[@mistereeize]

😢 That's the best teardown video ever! You have found your foil. You must do more together! Such fun

[@douglasrizzo9210]

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

[@MrDiplomata]

Wait... No water pump? 😂😂😂