Bostitch Portable Air Compressor won’t Produce Air

[Rich Aldrich]

I have a Bostitch pancake portable air compressor and three nail guns. It is about 7 years old without much run time. Just today it change sound as it was running and stopped producing air. The motor runs, so it is probably the loader valve, air intake valve not closing, or something related. I would imagine there isn’t much that can be repaired on these compressors.

Anyone have any experience with this issue?

[Ole Anderson]

Nope, but what the heck are you doing on the internet in the middle of the night?

[Rich Aldrich]

Nope, but what the heck are you doing on the internet in the middle of the night?

Too much on my mind after completing a sleep cycle.

[Charles Lent]

What usually fails in air compressors are the reed valves. Just thin metal that must bend back and forth with every cycle of the piston. I'm not familiar with your compressor, but I have repaired several air compressors and the most often found problem was by far the reed valves.

Charley