Tony wrote the following:
On 8/26/2010 6:37 PM, willshak wrote:
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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.

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.

The factory fills them with oil, tests them, maybe breaks them in a
bit, then drains the oil and ships them. It wasn't just filled enough
to test it, and if you've run it like that, you may have done damage
and it won't be covered under the warranty.

Please reread my original message. At no time did I even hint at running
it with whatever oil was left in there.
My original question was what kind of oil, other than compressor oil,
have others used with success.
Yesterday, I did pick up some 30 weight ND oil at WalMart , as some had
mentioned, filled it this morning,with the 30 ND oil, and lit it off for
the very first time.

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Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
In the original Orange County. Est. 1683
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