Air Compressor air in coolant.

[Hammerhead]

(03-05-2018 )Waterloo Wrote:  

(03-05-2018 )Wiseman Wrote:  The head is two halves. Two pieces or whatever you want to call them. There is a gasket in between them looking like a maze/labyrinth. It seals air and coolant passageways keeping them separate . There is where the leakage occurs in one or other direction.
That’s it . No magic. No science . No nothing. Just trouble .

Now , get your favorite drink, favorite cigar, have a comfortable seat and say:
- f$%k EVERYTHING! and relax

LMAO! You win! That is the best suggestion of the year! On my way sir!

But, which gasket? Is it the head gasket or is there another? Or one of the seals. I guess what I am asking is do I need a new compressor or is this as simple as getting a head kit for the compressor and installing that?

Yes, it's in the head. The head is where the coolant passages are to cool the adibiatic heating of compressing large volumes of air.
The bottom end of the compressor is cooled by engine oil, as that's just mechanical resistance heat.

editied to add: snip from other thread. I didn't read it first

(03-04-2018 )Waterloo Wrote:  ... But, I have gurgling from the coolant and oil on the compressor where it is being blown out of the front cover directly in front of the compressor, where the oil fill tube is.

I'm confused a lil bit now; do you have compressed air in your cooling system?
Or is compressed air venting out the crankcase?
Or both?

Compressed air in the cooling system is evidence of compressor head passageway leakage. Compressor head replacement only.
Compressed air blowing out the cover directly in front of the compressor (oil fill tube location on an 871) sounds like you have compressor ring issues and compressed air is blowing out the front of the compressor which would directly hit your oil fill tube. This would be a whole compressor by the sounds of it to me if I'm understanding you correctly.