Had this small el cheapo compressor for about 10 years, and used it a lot, undersized for the uses I put it to really but easily luggable with only 10 liter tank. It has an electric driven oilless compressor - supposedly 8 cfm! It is very noisy but that is its nature. It has just started an extra intermittent rather unhealthy noise (still pumps OK and achieves its max ~118 psi pressure) and I wonder if anyone here had experience of the failure modes of these oil-less compressors? What is liable to go first, bearings, cylinder components or what, anything sudden and catastrophic?! I dont expect it to go on for ever! C+
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8 years ago