totally new here. Just working on the above mentioned believe it’s a Sullivan d185q compressor. Typically only used for blow out of lawn irrigation on a 5 acre property. Used roughly 2-3 hours per year and is stored for remainder. Usually always starts fine. Runs good.
Problem last use about 4 days ago was after luckily I was able to finish with the blow out of irrigation system but a minute after I hear a loud PSHHHhh. I check to see what it could be and I locate it to what I think you call the sump big round tank looking thing. On top of that are some fittings and flex tubes running to various places and hat looks like a regulators. Well, one of those was blowing air out a threaded hole. I’m pretty sure there was nothing going to the hole or any plug that blew out. Looked in area and didn’t see any blown lines or fittings that may have come loose. I removed this regulator and it says Humphrey but that’s about all I could read. My question I guess is , is this a regulator or a pressure release valve? Is it a bad valve regulator or is it a pressure release just doing it’s job and issue is somewhere else. Like I said all worked fine in use till I heard it leaking air from this threaded hole. I’ll attach pics to see what I’m talking about. Thanks in advance. Hoping to fix it before putting it back into storage so all is ready for next year. But I’d really like to know what it does so I can understand what it’s doing and why it’s shooting out air and what I’d need to do to fix it.
Problem last use about 4 days ago was after luckily I was able to finish with the blow out of irrigation system but a minute after I hear a loud PSHHHhh. I check to see what it could be and I locate it to what I think you call the sump big round tank looking thing. On top of that are some fittings and flex tubes running to various places and hat looks like a regulators. Well, one of those was blowing air out a threaded hole. I’m pretty sure there was nothing going to the hole or any plug that blew out. Looked in area and didn’t see any blown lines or fittings that may have come loose. I removed this regulator and it says Humphrey but that’s about all I could read. My question I guess is , is this a regulator or a pressure release valve? Is it a bad valve regulator or is it a pressure release just doing it’s job and issue is somewhere else. Like I said all worked fine in use till I heard it leaking air from this threaded hole. I’ll attach pics to see what I’m talking about. Thanks in advance. Hoping to fix it before putting it back into storage so all is ready for next year. But I’d really like to know what it does so I can understand what it’s doing and why it’s shooting out air and what I’d need to do to fix it.
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