Noisy AMK Compressor

[AnD3rew]

I have an upgraded AMK compressor in my D3 which is probably now about 3 years old and it suddenly started being quite noisy after a day on the beach. (I also have one of Gordon’s compressor guard plates)

anyone had problems with the newer compressors yet?

seems to be performing fine and I’m not getting raising slowly messages etc just noisy.

[LRD414]

May well be just sand between guard and cover or even inside cover.
Have you hosed out and/or removed guard.

Scott

[justinc]

Yes very likely full of sand.... get onto it asap as it won't help keep it cool....

[Russrobe]

Yes very likely full of sand.... get onto it asap as it won't help keep it cool....Compressor cover was equally bad! Thats after 3 days of sand and mud! I gave all the electrical connections a spray with inox mx3 while i was in there...https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2017/10/339.jpg

[LRD414]

Another example.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2016/08/245.jpg

[Tombie]

Yep... mine “knocks” if it fills with mud..
Doesn’t take much to clean it out [emoji41]

[AnD3rew]

Thanks all. I did gurney it when we got home, but didn’t take th cover off so might need to try that.

[l00kin4]

Definitely worth doing. I pulled mine off when I put my sliders on. Amazing what accumulates in there...
David
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2017/10/357.jpg

[AnD3rew]

Yep, that was what it looked like inside my cover as well. Cleaned it all out and so far it seems to have solved the issue. Thanks everyone.

[Tombie]

If you have a guard add some extra holes to help it drain away..

[RANDLOVER]

You can also pull the insulating sponge out of that cover, I've had mine done and can't say that I've noticed it sounding any noisier when running from inside the car. Although yours looks as if half is missing anyway, might be different to my Hitachi vs AMK.

[LRD414]

The insulation is only installed to the front half of the cover. It is easy to clean with a hose and a dry in the sun for awhile.

Scott