Corken T-291 sounds very very loud and has been increasing in the last couple days. Need help asap any solutions that may help ? It’s stills recovering fine but it’s insane loud to the point where it’s obvious something’s wrong .
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Best solution would be to have it serviced by someone who is knowledgeable in those pumps. If you service it yourself, get a kit that replaces everything.
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I’m messing around with it and the top 4 bolts at the top are pretty much not tightened . Could this be an issue ?
Would be a good start. Got any more pictures?
did you get it back together?
did it require parts or simply cleaning and reassembly?
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Put the belt cover back on while you’re at it lol
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Most of those seals and gaskets are made to be replaced once opened. You need to to give Chuck a call at Industrial Gas Technology. Best corken assistance I’ve found.
Ask for chuck, 800-337-1582
If you’re looking for DIY hop on the corken youtube. Ton of detailed maintenance videos.
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Last time (a week or so ago) our Corken “got loud” is was actually homicidal…
The taper loc holding the flywheel on was/became loose, and the flywheel was making sparks on the inside of the cover…
Staying below LEL for the win…
the non-painted driveshaft showing? that’s not supposed to be visible…the only thing keeping the flywheel on was belts (and the belt cover/loose taper-loc alarm)
edit: …and we JUST got a “backup” Corken in the door that theoretically only had a 1/2 dozen hrs on it. the taper-loc on the flywheel was NOT torqued to spec.
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Clean that head!
Sticking valves are usually the problem across the board. Not much to go wrong with these compressors. Its either sticking valves or you blew the piston rings (but that is pretty obvious because you get a gas leak at the name plate).
The valves are under those four screws on the very top under the round cover caps. Use the corken tool off the front of the compressor to unscrew them. Remember to tighten securely when replacing and the order they go in (does matter). Best to do while assembled. So start by cleaning the distance piece and the bottom of the head then put the head back on and clean the valves.
If they get gummed up, they wont work right. They can also make the compressor suck in and push out of the inlet, which also makes interesting noise.
Your distance piece is black, that suggests the head is also black because that is where it came from. Someone sucked hash through it. The video the valves are crazy loud… They should never be that loud.
To cover @cyclopath suggestion, before you put the head on, turn the compressor on and see if the sound is still there or not.
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