Has anybody else been having trouble with their electric air pump leaking? I
bought one from Terry a couple of years ago. Earlier this year, it started
leaking air out of the input opening. I took the head off and found lots of
corrosion inside. I cleaned up the sealing surfaces of the valves which
helped for a while. The next time it started to leak, I called Terry. He said
he never had one of the pumps he sells leak. He suggested I sent it back to
him. He did some work on it after which it was OK for a couple more months
and has now started to leak again.
Anybody have any ideas how to solve the problem? Do I just have a bad pump
and need to get a new one? Is there some way to filter moisture out of the
air before it enters the pump? I don't live in a damp climate or drive my
Bricklin in wet weather, but it looks to me like the problem is moist air
condensing causing corrosion and leaving minerals behind.
Scott Isensee
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