Replace air compressor 300xs yes or no?

[darkdream]

Hello,

Read lots of horror stories about air compressor failures. Blew up my first 250xs (due to a bad injector) and buy a 300xs with low hours.

Have 110 hours on it now, have the early unpainted compressor.
So I am thinking to replace it as preventative maintenance. Is it a good idea to replace it now its still running strong our safe to run more hours with it? So there is no risk for the engine and no cleaning ? Have bought already the new black compressor, read this newer one don't have the issues of the first type. Please let me know don't want to blow up another engine. Is there a avarage running hours the most compressors give faillure?

Kind regards,
Corne

[Cpines]

You have the new compressor, use it. The one bearing compresser can fail without any consistency. The fact you bite the bullet on a new one, well the hard part already done.

[ghost28]

Run it....i have seen compressors go 700 hours and be fine and i have seen new compressors blow up in 100hrs....to me its a crap shoot with em....replacing the oil line filters is a great idea and something i do yearly now....and i only run merc opti oil in them....my .02

[darkdream]

Thanks guys for the reply's to different opinions. So even the new compressors are crap maybe check the filters first before replace the new compressor... was hoping to safe lot of problems with buying the new black compressor.

[ghost28]

The new compressors are definetly better units....but i have seen some fail prematurely as well....

[sniper3726]

I changed mine a few months ago , I figured it would be expensive if metal shavings went everywhere when it finally failed ....