On 2013-09-10, BQ340 wrote:
On 9/10/2013 4:57 PM, Ignoramus29430 wrote:
We had to use our 10HP QR-25 Quincy compressor a lot today and it is
95 degrees or so. When it gets hot, for some reason it unloads and
runs, but does not pump air. After it cools down, it starts and seems
to pump just fine. Then after a while it unloads and no longer runs.

The only things that I could suspect would be rubber membranes that
push on the unloaders, any other idea?

thanks


Maybe the hydraulic unloader control on the side of the block? The
membranes usually fail by tearing & you would hear an air leak.

I am thinking, perhaps the lubricating oil becomes very hot, less
viscous, and oil pressure drops, and the hydraulic oil pressure
"safety circuit" causes unloading?

i