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.

Tony wrote the following:
On 8/26/2010 6:37 PM, willshak wrote:
X-post to A.H.R and A.B.C.

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.

--

Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
In the original Orange County. Est. 1683
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"willshak" wrote in message
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Tony wrote the following:
On 8/26/2010 6:37 PM, willshak wrote:
X-post to A.H.R and A.B.C.

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.

He's right. What ever possessed you to run it without oil, especially for
such a long period of time?

On 8/30/2010 7:40 PM, Bud wrote:
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Tony wrote the following:
On 8/26/2010 6:37 PM, willshak wrote:
X-post to A.H.R and A.B.C.

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.

He's right. What ever possessed you to run it without oil, especially for
such a long period of time?

On 8/30/2010 4:15 PM, willshak wrote:
Tony wrote the following:
On 8/26/2010 6:37 PM, willshak wrote:
X-post to A.H.R and A.B.C.

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.



You wrote "They put enough oil in it to test it". That's enough for
concern. Sorry my warning was too much for you.

Tony wrote the following:
On 8/30/2010 4:15 PM, willshak wrote:
Tony wrote the following:
On 8/26/2010 6:37 PM, willshak wrote:
X-post to A.H.R and A.B.C.

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.



You wrote "They put enough oil in it to test it". That's enough for
concern. Sorry my warning was too much for you.

Your warning was not too much for me. It was just misdirected since I
never even plugged in the compressor in the 4 days I had it until after
I filled it with oil.
Besides, you did elaborate on what was done at the factory, so you
shouldn't have a "concern" about what I wrote.

--

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