Quick Air 3 Woes

[adventureduo]

Ok, just got off the phone with Andre at Sun. He said that doesn't sound right at all. Im going to drop it off and have their "engineers" look at it. I'll post up their findings when i get it back.

I also, found out the unit has only been used Once by the PO.

 

[marke]

Hi, I have a QuickAir2 and similar tire size. On a recent trip I aired down to about 20 and filled my tires up to the same level as you and it was much quicker than what you have experienced. There must be something wrong with your compressor. Mark

 

[flyingwil]

Ok, just got off the phone with Andre at Sun. He said that doesn't sound right at all. Im going to drop it off and have their "engineers" look at it. I'll post up their findings when i get it back.

I also, found out the unit has only been used Once by the PO.

HMMM Keep us updated as to what Sun says about your compressor!

 

[adventureduo]

Just picked up the compressor from Sun. Spoke with Justin for a while. Real nice guy and real helpful. He showed me how they bench test.. and put our unit on it. Took the compressor up to 100 psi and shut it down. Inflated to 100psi in 29 seconds! ARB would take about 45 sec and VLair would take approx 35 seconds is what they said. This still did not tell me whether or not the unit will over heat next time out. However they put a new thermal shut down controller dealio in it.. and gave me a spare too. All for free. Real nice guys as i said before. I will report back after i test the unit in the next couple days.

It was neat touring the warehouse.. They showed me protoype Quickair4's and 5's (sorry no pics) . Here's a shipment going out to SMB West! THey ship out about 50 a month to them. Mostly quickair 2's. Some quickair3's. I guess SMB used to order hundreds a month. Times have changed we all know.

 

[adventureduo]

If you really want a high performance compressor...buy two of those "cheap" Costco compressors. Run em both at the same time and air up much quicker, plus you have redundacy in case one breaks. I haven't been impressed with any of the 'luxury' compressors I've seen on the trail or read about. Much has already been written about the value of the costco compressor vs high end ones.

This unit came with the van - free.

Im used to my c02 tank.. so there's no way im going to the Costco compressor.

 

[bat]

I carry a bottle with me also it is so much faster than a compressor. I also carry one of the mv 50 compressors they did a side by side test with all the top names end it held it's own pretty good. For $50 and the write up they did it was nice to have as a backup. I did use it once when I drove in another vehicle and when it was time to air up we tested it with another top end compressor. For $200 less and maybe a couple minutes longer and to have as a backup you can't go wrong.

 

[adventureduo]

Update:

Just took 4 regular van tires (235.75R16) from 9psi to 55psi and no problem whatsoever. But those are small tires and its not hot out. Still not completely satisfied. Will know for sure on the next trip.

I will most likely air down the TJ and air it back up and see.. its running 32's.

 

[DBS311]

What altitude were you airing up at? My compressor always takes a bit longer when up at 8,000+ feet. I run the Q89 dual piston chrome jobby you can get at 4wheelparts and it has been surprisingly fast and reliable. I timed airing up my 37" MT/R's one time and it took 2 minutes to get from 12 to 32 psi (per tire).

If you don't go engine driven compressor, there are only two to look at IMO, Oasis and ExtremeAire.

http://www.extremeoutback.com/index.cgi?exact_match=yes&product=Air%20Compressors&cart_id=6322631.1308

http://www.oasismfg.com/Home.html

 

[adventureduo]

What altitude were you airing up at? My compressor always takes a bit longer when up at 8,000+ feet.

Only 3,440 feet.

By the way, that extemeair you linked.. i saw at the quickair warehouse.. but none labeled.. as a possible soon to see quickair 5. However they were talking about how heavy it is and how they were working on an alternative.

The oasis look insanely industrial! I likey! I've been running their deflators for years.

 

[ntsqd]

Having hefted one I'd call the Oasis not really portable. It is intended to be bolted on somewhere and have a manifold system and power cables (not wires!) attached to it.

One of my long suffering projects is to build something like it. I started on it when I had a magazine connection. The idea was to turn it's build into a tech article that others could copy using only a drill press and a welder. Since then my connection has found the bottom of a bottle and I've let the project go dormant.

 

[DBS311]

Yes, the Oasis is big for sure, but powerful.

Shoot, throw an axle under it, put a lock 'n roll up front and turn it into a compressor trailer. I'm sure the V-10 could pull it.
:shakin:

 

[ntsqd]

VolksAir!

 

[adventureduo]

bwhahahahahahha! :clapsmile

 

[ExpoMike]

Being enclosed (even with the door open) you are getting very little airflow around the cylinders for cooling. My guess is, if you could supply a 12v fan to help cool them, your cycling times will increase. As it sits, when they start to heat up, there is not much in the way for cooler air to flow past them.

Just a thought.

 

[adventureduo]

Being enclosed (even with the door open) you are getting very little airflow around the cylinders for cooling. My guess is, if you could supply a 12v fan to help cool them, your cycling times will increase. As it sits, when they start to heat up, there is not much in the way for cooler air to flow past them.

Just a thought.

I agree with you Mike, but they designed it this way with no problems. So it must have to work properly. If they overheated that easily, they wouldn't sell them in the case. The more and more i think about it, i think it was the thermal cutoff, cutting off the power too early. They put a new one in so we'll see.

Anyways, i will test the unit in a day or so here so check back for a full report.