On Wed, 3 Aug 2011 22:02:50 -0700, "Steve B"
wrote:


"Steve B" wrote in message
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I have a Husky upright, not the great big one, but the one about chest
high. Two cyl compressor. I bled the tank today, and got water and a white
milky oily fluid. Checked the dipstick, and it is low. I'll get some
Husky oil today and fill. Do you think I damaged the compressor? Is the
white oil in the tank normal?

TIA

Steve

Chapter two: I went to the borg and bought a pint or so of compressor oil
for $250 US. Came home and found out that my compressor crankcase had just
as much oil in it as it needed. It was not black, but not clear or white as
I expected from the white oily stuff that came out of the bottom of the
bleeder. I didn't open the bottle at all, so am not sure what color the new
oil is. BUT, now I am curious as to what the white oil was in the tank with
the water? Anti rust stuff? The compressor works fine, pressures up fast.

As a guy who services air compressors in industrial settings....I have
some knowledge of air compressors...

The white stuff is water mixed with a tiny tiny bit of oil with a bunch
of air mixed in with it. Its common with EVERY air compressor. Period.

The water of course is from condensing air and thats why any good tech
puts an automatic drain system on every air tank in use. Remote tanks,
local tanks, etc etc. Unless one has a decent "dryer" pre tank...IE...a
dryer hooked up between the output of the compressor head the storage
tank.

Gunner

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