Ashton Crusher wrote:
My old Monkey Wards 2 piston, single stage, 6 gallon (guessing), 1 hp,
120V air compressor runs as hot as 180 degrees on the cylinder head
when I'm using it a lot. Is that a normal temperature for this kind
of compressor?

Upon failure, we disassembled a large compressor at the autoshop i
worked at. There was carbon on top the pistons.

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