SYMPTOM PROBABLE CAUSES REMEDY
Unusual noise from Bolts loose. Tighten Bolts.
compressor. V-Belt flywheel or cooling Find place of contact and
coil touching belt guard remedy fault.
Flywheel loose. Tighten flywheel.
Unit installed on an Move unit to a more solid
unsuitable base. base.
Bearings, piston rings or Contact Clarke Service
cylinder worn. Department
Valve broken. Contact Clarke Service
Department
Bearings of electric motor Contact Clarke Service
worn. Department.
Compressor becomes Insufficient ventilation See that sufficient air is
too hot. supplied to flywheel or
fan of compressor and
that hot air is properly
vented.
Oil level too low (check Fill with oil - see Page 6.
2 or 3 times after stopping).
Wrong direction of Cooling air from flywheel
rotation. fan must blow against
compressor.
Fault in valves (machine Contact Clarke Service
not stopping). Department
Blown head gasket (machine Contact Clarke Service
not stopping). Department
Dirt on cooling fins or Clean cooling fins and
suction filter. suction filter.
Unit working at too high Contact Clarke Service
a pressure Department.
Non-return valve partly Clean or thaw out non-
blocked. return valve.
Compressor being Use a larger compressor
overworked and
running continuously.
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