Should the engine be running when using this inflator?
1069255
only if your car's battery is old, and on its last legs. it WILL NOT HURT to have the engine running, but it is not necessary unless your battery is old and so weak that it might not start your car if you ran this compressor for 5-10 mins. any battery in good shape will handle it without the engine running.
1069256
Not unless you want to. It runs off the car battery as supplied through the cigarette lighter (accessory power outlet). Depending on he vehicle, you may have to have the ignition key turned to the on position to have access to battery power, but you don't necessarily have to have the engine running. I would only run the engine if your battery power is low or if you're going to spend forever inflating multiple items.
1069257
You turn key as if you want to listen to the radio, without turning the engine on. It works really well and fast.
1069258
all depends on your car if the outlet is hot whether your car is on or off you do not need to start car but if not you will need to run car to make your car outlet hot
266675
Most of the time I crank the engine in order to put less ware and tear on my battery. But I have used it without turning the engine on. The instructions, if I recollect, advise turning the engine on. It has been very, very cold in my part of the country lately so I turn the engine over to inflate my bike tires. Hope the answer helps you.
1688897
Yes, the blower needs to be on the whole time. not a big issue though. My kids, age 3, 5, and 7 are able to inflate and deflate it all by themselves with the push of a button. No hassles.
532646
Reaches preset setting but it does continue running but will not over inflate
1824437
Yes. Anytime you encorporate more air or fuel to your bike you must have it mapped to run properly.
338442
The compressor runs when the psi in the tank falls below your selected level. It will always have air at the pressure you want by kicking itself on while you are using it.
45624
Yes, car has to power on and quickly inflate at 32 psi without much trouble.
1802274
I keep one of these in each of my cars. I use it to top off the air in the tires, as well as for emergencies. It takes about ten minutes to completely inflate a tire on my wife's economy car and way longer on my SUV. It gets very hot when running for prolonged periods of time, so I only do so occasionally. If you need to do something like that on a regular basis, get a real compressor and not something that runs off the cigarette lighter in your car.
2112590
No, you have to open the valve, like a small faucet. The amount of CO2 is not enough to inflate a car or motorcycle wheel.
1065850
It is a gas engine so it will start easy. Just let it warm up a little while before putting it under load.
2039969
I don't know if this applies to your situation, but when I first installed mine and turned it on the unit had to run for about 3 or 4 minutes before the compressor kicked in. This has also been the case when I unplugged it to move to a different outlet. The operating manual does mention that this is normal.
362716
Depending on how much air is escaping it is normal. When you turn the compressor on, there will be some crankcase pressure that has to be released. On the other hand if you turn on your compressor and it takes a long time to build up tank pressure, or wont shut off due to the fact it cannot built tank pressure, that can be a sign of bad rings, and or valves. I went a long way to answer your question, so I guess the short answer is Yes, there should be a little air escape while its running. If, once the compressor has filled with enough tank pressure it should stop leaking air. Hope this helps. Depending on how much air is escaping it is normal. When you turn the compressor on, there will be some crankcase pressure that has to be released. On the other hand if you turn on your compressor and it takes a long time to build up tank pressure, or wont shut off due to the fact it cannot built tank pressure, that can be a sign of bad rings, and or valves. I went a long way to answer your question, so I guess the short answer is Yes, there should be a little air escape while its running. If, once the compressor has filled with enough tank pressure it should stop leaking air. Hope this helps.
1512254
The instruction manual actually states to NOT have your engine running...which surprised me. However, I run my compressor for 10 minutes at a time to fill an 8-gallon portable air tank and it's never run down my Tundra battery.
1688896
Blower has to be running all the time. It inflates in 5-10 seconds. The kids play 10 min and we turn it off and it deflates in 30 seconds.
1407987
When you unroll it, it inflates. You have to do this a couple of times before it fully inflates.
1569383
No, you hook this up to an air hose connected to an air compressor. It needs an air source to inflate tires.
1980568
Doubt it. The fittings used to fill your inflatables have holes drilled into them intentionally to make sure you don't over fill things. Plus I bet the gearing in the compressor is designed for high speed filling not high pressure.