On Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:06:34 -0400, willshak wrote:

willshak wrote the following:
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I bought a new air compressor and received it today from HF. It's a
Central Pneumatic 2 HP, 8 gallon, 115 psi. It replaces a CH compressor
that went belly up.
My main use for a compressor is to fill up tires and pool floats, and
maybe blowing some dust around. I do have some air tools left here by
my deceased F-I-L (hammers, chisels, paint sprayers), but rarely use
them, other than for a framing nailer used to build a very small deck,
or more correctly, a small porch deck. I discovered that it was not an
oilless compressor. They put enough oil in it to test it, but did not
fill it, nor include any oil to fill it. The oil fill viewer on the
side is empty, but there are indications that some oil was put in
there. Before I even assembled the wheels and air cleaner to it, I
opened the valve and air came out under pressure.
I looked up compressor oil on the web and found some sites that say you
could use regular 30 weight motor oil instead of compressor oil, and
other sites saying you can use 10w30 motor oil, and even other sites
that say you can use synthetic motor oil. It appears that the only oils
not recommended are salad oil and baby oil. :-) I have some 10w30 motor
oil and some 10w30 Mobil1 handy. What oils have you used without
destroying the compressor?



Just checking in....
I appreciate all the remarks so far.
I'm still on the fence, but I may just take a trip to AutoZone and see
what they have for compressor oil.

30w ND on my Campbell Hausfield 3hp, 240 volt 26 gallon twin cyl oil
lubbed horizontal. Had it for 10 years and used it with nailers, impact
tools, air chisels etc... Maybe a total of 100 hours so far. Came dry,
used Quaker State non-detergent 30 weight. Looks and runs like new.