A while ago I inherited a Hydrovane 5 compressor. Up to now it's been 100% but recently has been more noisy in so much the whirr is slightly louder than it was. Then yesterday on shutdown it started to make 'air escaping gurgly noises' and crapped out a load of pink gunk from under the motory end of the pumpy bit (sorry for the technical terms).
![WTF? :wtf:](./images/smilies/icon_b_wtf.gif)
Joking aside, the escaping air only lasted around 30 seconds and the receiver stayed up to pressure so I guess the escape is just the residual in the pump. As for the pink stuff, well I assume it's oil. To take a line from the eskimo story "Looks like I've blown a seal..."
So as I have no clue on the construction aspects of this thing, before I tear into it are there any pitfalls I'm likely to encounter? Or, anyone near Aldershot willing to take a look?
Thanks.