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Good quality air compressors break down just as cheap ones do. They just don’t do it as often and you can get spare parts for the unit, something not all the cheapies form China can match. A good air compressor is a workshop tool that you will use regularly for years to come if you buy right in the first place.

If you do have a break down or lose or break parts, there are several ways you can fix the problem and be back working again quickly.

You can buy a new air compressor, but this does get expensive and should be a last resort.

You can send the unit back if it is still within the warranty period and is small and portable enough. Many of the larger units come with free service onsite or the option to buy a service contract.

You can get the parts you need from your air compressor supplier, providing you have been able to strip the unit down and know exactly what it is you need. The part is usually something small, cheap and yet indispensable to the running of the compressor. Gaskets, o-rings, valves and hose fittings often wear out, usually through mis-treatment or lack of any maintenance whatsoever. A part for a 2 gallon air compressor might not fit a larger 5 gallon unit and vice versa, even if made by the same company and having the same motor.

More serious problems often require the unit to be stripped, serviced, repaired and re-assembled and this might mean a trip back to the shop.

The problem may be in the motor or the compressor. Very often units use motors that are also used in lawn mowers and generator sets. These untis, like Briggs & Stratton, Honda and Kohler, often have their own spare parts departments and can supply quicker than the compressor company.

Compressor units likewise might be made by a third party and then just assembled by whoever made the entire unit. Brands such as Coleman, Husky, Champion and Quincy might assemble units from out sourced parts, it pays to check. Sometimes it can pay to double check as it might be quicker and cheaper to go direct to the manufacturer of the part of the unit that is broken, not the seller of the compressor.

The larger, industrial compressors made by firms such as Ingersoll Rand, Sanborn, Campbell Hausfeld and Porter Cable are all backed by warranties and service arrangements.