Thread: Newby!!

Mine was making a hell of a noise and I found stones stuck between the GOE protection plate and the cover after a few hundred k's of gravel road. Got rid of the stones and its back to the usual quiet compressor sound that you can just hear inside the car so you know it is working.

Bob

Ok So I just went outside and took a look under the car. I removed the bottom cover and started the car. The compressor ran as expected for a short while. I suppose its a case of "How loud should it be". Without the bottom cover its pretty loud. Bracket was firm and compressor runs fairly hot but not 100'C so all good. At the end of the day its a compressor, a very small one but still a compressor and all compressors I have come across in my working life are loud, very loud!!! I replaced the bottom cover after cleaning all the crap out and refitted with the three bolts. The bottom centre bolt went in further than it was before removal which lifted the covers (once snapped together) further up towards the compressor rubber foot mount. This I think gave clearance around the whole compressor and when it ran it was just audible from inside the car. I assume that is about right. So the next question is "How much does it run if the vehicle is left at standard height"? Once the compressor turned off i sat in the running stationary car for a further 10 mins or so (adjusting nothing) and the compressor started again but only for a short while. Is this normal or is it possible I have a very small leak??
I think im getting paranoid!!!