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Compressor head gasket.
Fatgadget - 13/3/13 at 06:27 PM

An el cheapo Kinzo compressor from a company that has long ceased trading...Blown head gasket.... HELP!


AndyW - 13/3/13 at 06:37 PM

Make one! All searches appear to show that no spares are available, so that limits your options unfortunately.....

Just found a site info@kinzo.com

Try an email with model number and what you need, you never know!!!!

[Edited on 13/3/13 by AndyW]


owelly - 13/3/13 at 06:41 PM

As said, make one. Or remove the old one and see if you can seal it without a joint (gasket).


Fatgadget - 15/3/13 at 07:40 PM

Thanks for the responses guys! ...Next question..Where to get suitable gasket material without having to pay a kings ransom?


AndyW - 15/3/13 at 07:44 PM

if you think its worth doing rather than the cost of a new compressor, then High Temperature Manifold Gasket Material | eBay could maybe do it? Or the sheets of gasket card/paper/stuff off ebay found loads at under a tenner

[Edited on 15/3/13 by AndyW]


perksy - 15/3/13 at 07:53 PM

What sort of size gasket are we talking here ?


Peteff - 15/3/13 at 07:54 PM

I used an aluminium foil carton and cut the shape out for a moped head gasket and it ran for years on it. I think a compressor would put material under less stress.


Fatgadget - 15/3/13 at 08:03 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Peteff
I used an aluminium foil carton and cut the shape out for a moped head gasket and it ran for years on it. I think a compressor would put material under less stress.

Now you are talking!....Your moped wasn't a FS1E by any chance was it?? ...Thanks for that nugget fella.