I have a puma te-8030hge compressor, iv done some searching on here about comp oils and read some on nd oils, mostly older posts. My comp is for work and play it's a truck mounted service comp.my comp has less than 8 hours run time in the last 18 months and I just changed the oil for the second time with nd30, there was a decent amount of metal spakles and a few flakes. I'm not too concerned about that , just interested in the current suggestions on oils avail . I'm going to flush it out a few times and then put a good quality oil in it, Thanks for your input!
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My 5 hp ingersol has to have a synthetic oil in it. But the industrial Quincy at work which is running 24/7 non stop runs on a straight mineral oil 20 wt. It gets changed once a year. Im wondering if you shouldn't have a lighter oil for the splash system?
Synthetic would be my choice. I changed the oil in my 5 HP compressor after 25 years. In another 25 years I will be 89 so I may skip that oil change.
I use the amsoil compressor oil.
Originally Posted By: dave123
RP Synfilm 100 good stuff highly recommend
That's going in my big compressor this spring.
RP Synfilm 100 good stuff highly recommend
That's going in my big compressor this spring.
I spent a while reading today all over different forums, definitely going to end up with ams schaeffer or rp nd, just gotta figure out which wt. I just mounted it in an enclosed trailer yesterday with the fam about 5 in off the wall. The comp will be used in savannah georgia mostly so outside temp will be between 50 and 110, usually,on the warmer side ( esp inside the trailer) thanks again
Originally Posted By: dave123
RP Synfilm 100 good stuff highly recommend
Yes, but hard to get up here, unfortunately! At least up here, it's not distributed through ordinary RP channels.
RP Synfilm 100 good stuff highly recommend
Yes, but hard to get up here, unfortunately! At least up here, it's not distributed through ordinary RP channels.
Originally Posted By: Garak
Originally Posted By: dave123
RP Synfilm 100 good stuff highly recommend
Yes, but hard to get up here, unfortunately! At least up here, it's not distributed through ordinary RP channels.
I use Jegs when ordering for RP or Red Line products
Originally Posted By: dave123
RP Synfilm 100 good stuff highly recommend
Yes, but hard to get up here, unfortunately! At least up here, it's not distributed through ordinary RP channels.
I use Jegs when ordering for RP or Red Line products
That could always be an option. The closest RP Industrial rep is in Alberta, I believe.
I know this is an old thread but evidently this forum does not move very fast but I would run a synthetic oil or at least a semi-syn especially for being mounted on a service truck. We have an Ingersoll Rand 80 gallon 2 stage compressor at work and we just use their oil which is a synthetic oil but not cheap by any means. I have a new Campbell Hausfeld 60 gallon single stage that the manual says that I can run their oil which is just a 30w conventional oil or I can use a full synthetic 10w30 such as Mobil 1.
Hopefully the OP has made his decision in the five years since he posed the question.