Omega Supercharger advice to AGN members

[bdzjlz]

For those of you that own an Omega Supercharger, when it loses compression, don’t do what I did (I always believe I can fix anything), waste $60 on a seal kit and three weeks screwing with all of those little tiny seals, check valves, and springs.

Just do what I finally did, pull the piston/cylinder assembly out of it and send it to Todd Brown. He will rebuild it to perfection and send it back for $100. 


My compressor is now running more smoothly and quieter than when it was new!

Thanks, Todd!

 

[hitech]

How long have you had your compressor and how many hours do you think you have on it? Just curious. From what I understand, Todd is a great guy to deal with.

 

[bdzjlz]

84 hours in four years 

 

[Motorhead]

Lol .... replace the check valve on top of main tower. It is likely more times than not 80% of the issue when under 100 hour service intervals.

But then again ... your money to spend any way you wish

 

[bdzjlz]

Scott, it is good to hear from you. With Todd’s help, we checked everything before we went to this extreme.


At any rate, it works perfectly now but as always, I value your advice and input and will keep it in mind for the future.

 

[bdzjlz]

Scott, BTW, I did take the check valve out and first my thumb, and 2nd a piece of paper over the compression hole, and their was absolutely zero compression air coming out of the cylinder. Thus the disassembly.

 

[jps2486]

Mine died after 17 hours-not happy. Repair cost is more than an expendable Yong Heng.

 

[bdzjlz]

The cost to repair may be more than the cheaper expendable compressors but the condensation purge feature itself means a lot to me.


This was my third failure in only 86 hours of use over 4 years. The first was a water pump, about $40 for the pump, and the second was a new burst disc assembly, about another $40, and then $160 this time around. In every case I did the work myself except for the internal piston and head rebuild, saving labor and freight costs. I don’t think the unit is what expected in terms of either durability or fill time when I ordered it, either.

 

[Elbowgrease]

Im glad that I seen this post. I just picked one up last week. I did get the newer model and from what I understand there have been a few changes. I hope to get a long life out of it for the price, but this is high pressure and things can go south rather quickly. I hope it lasts longer then my YH. got a whole 5 hours on that before it started having issues.