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Screw compressor oil
I have an old Sullair tow behind screw compressor, powered by a
John Deere diesel engine. The compressor oil in it appears to be all dirty. I have a can of 5 gallon of "Kaeser Sigma 460" screw compressor oil. Would such an oil work in this Sullair screw compressor? How specialized are those oils? I would prefer not to spend money buying new screw compressor oil, it is expensive. Thanks |
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Screw compressor oil
Ignoramus10120 wrote:
I have an old Sullair tow behind screw compressor, powered by a John Deere diesel engine. The compressor oil in it appears to be all dirty. I have a can of 5 gallon of "Kaeser Sigma 460" screw compressor oil. Would such an oil work in this Sullair screw compressor? How specialized are those oils? I would prefer not to spend money buying new screw compressor oil, it is expensive. Thanks Screw compressor oils are VERY specific. Contact Sullair and get the book for the machine. It will tell you the allowable oils. Use the wrong weight or base stocks and you can easily score the rotor seals and damage the scrolls. I just wandered over to http://www.compressorparts.com/ They show 8 different oils for Sullair screw airheads. Looked up the sullair numbers. None of them are the same viscosity as the oil you have. My old Atlas Copco uses a synthetic 5W-20. -- Steve W. |
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Gee, what did compressor oil ever do to you! Mikek :-) --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com |
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Screw compressor oil
On Fri, 10 Oct 2014 08:21:57 -0400, "Steve W."
wrote: Ignoramus10120 wrote: I have an old Sullair tow behind screw compressor, powered by a John Deere diesel engine. The compressor oil in it appears to be all dirty. I have a can of 5 gallon of "Kaeser Sigma 460" screw compressor oil. Would such an oil work in this Sullair screw compressor? How specialized are those oils? I would prefer not to spend money buying new screw compressor oil, it is expensive. Thanks Screw compressor oils are VERY specific. Contact Sullair and get the book for the machine. It will tell you the allowable oils. Use the wrong weight or base stocks and you can easily score the rotor seals and damage the scrolls. I just wandered over to http://www.compressorparts.com/ They show 8 different oils for Sullair screw airheads. Looked up the sullair numbers. None of them are the same viscosity as the oil you have. My old Atlas Copco uses a synthetic 5W-20. GOOD advice!!! Gunner "At the core of liberalism is the spoiled child, miserable, as all spoiled children are, unsatisfied, demanding, ill-disciplined, despotic and useless. Liberalism is a philosophy of sniveling brats." PJ O'Rourke |
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